Coping with Overloaded Criminal Justice Systems: The Rise of Prosecutorial Power Across Europe

Author: Jehle, Jörg-Martin

Brand: Springer

Edition: 2006 ed.

Binding: hardcover

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 333

Release Date: 15-07-2006

Part Number: 80 black & white tables, biography

Details:

This book describes the results of a six-nation study of how criminal justice agencies in England and Wales, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden have reacted to high crime rates and punitiveness. The book details how various solutions have been adopted, involving diversion of cases from courts, increases in financial penalties imposed by police or prosecutors without full court hearings and the introduction in some countries of "administrative offences".

EAN: 9783540339588

Package Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English