Courting violence
Subtitle: offences against the person cases in court
By: Nigel G. Fielding.
Series: Clarendon studies in criminology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780199279357
Subjects: Violent crimes -- England.; Judicial process -- England.; Criminal justice, Administration of -- England.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: Contexts of violence; title: Lay participants and the courts; title: Documenting violence; title: The language of violence at court; title: The lay participant at court; title: Courting violence.