Antonia Cretney, Gwynn Davis

Punishing Violence (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

It is a common perception that violent crime is on the increase and social surveys record a growing fear of victimisation among the public. Yet not all violence is criminalised, and much criminal violence still goes unreported.
Punishing Violence examines the series of decisions - by victims, police officers, prosecutors and courts - which determine whether or not violent behaviour is criminalised.
Antonia Cretney and Gwynn Davis examine the relationships underpinning violence, the reasons for violent acts and the factors militating against successful court prosecutions. In doing so, they provide an authoritative account of the reality of assault and identify a serious dislocation between the purposes of victims and the purposes of the justice system in the treatment of violent crime.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134859351
• Artikelnr.: 47889102

Autorenporträt

Antonia Cretney, Gwynn Davis

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
1 Introduction
A different kind of monitoring
Research method
2 The Reality of assault
Sex
Age
Race
Lifestyle
Predictors
Assault archetypes
3 Harm and reporting
Tolerance of violence
Assaults in a 'domestic' context
Reporting
4 The victim and the police
The significance of the 'complaint'
Seriousness and the limits of police discretion
5 The police and the demands of the legal process
The demands of the prosecution process
The mechanics of detecting assault
Witnesses
The police, the prosecution and the public
6 Police case construction
Police perception of the assailant
The significance of the assailant's race
The imposition of police views in statement-taking
Determining the charge
7 Victims in court
Difficulties faced by the prosecution in proving assault charges
The 'story' and the court
The victim in court
8 Assault, prosecution and the victim
Criminalisation
Assault, prosecution and the victim
Appendix A-Research method
Appendix B-The cases
Notes
Bibliography
Index