Courting violence : offences against the person cases in court /
Fielding, NigelAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2006.
Nigel Fielding analyses how courts handle physical violence cases and examines the questioning of defendants, witnesses and victims and how physical evidence is used. He also looks at what the participants think about the trial process.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nigel Fielding analyses how courts handle physical violence cases and examines the questioning of defendants, witnesses and victims and how physical evidence is used. He also looks at what the participants think about the trial process.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contexts of violence -- Lay participants and the courts -- Documenting violence -- The language of violence at court -- The lay participant at court -- Courting violence.
Violent crimes
Judicial process
Criminal justice, Administration of
Law - Non-U.S.
Law, Politics & Government
Law - Great Britain