The evolving role of the public prosecutor : challenges and innovations /: challenges and innovations. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Victoria Colvin and Philip Stenning.
• Editors: Colvin, Victoria; Stenning, Philip C
• Contents: Introduction - Philip Stenning, Victoria Colvin and Heather Douglas Part I: The Office of the Modern Public Prosecutor Chapter 1: Decoding Hegemony: Exploring the Discourse of a Prosecuting Elite - Robyn Holder Chapter 2: New Public Management, Citizens’ Fears and Calls for Justice: The Prosecutor’s New Role in Italy - Cecilia Blengino Chapter 3: Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Negotiating Punishment Before Conviction? - Simon Bronitt Chapter 4: The Public Prosecution Service and the Structuring of Sentencing – the Nordic Case of Denmark - Rasmus Wandall Part II: The Role of Prosecutors in Investigations Chapter 5: The Role of the Finnish Prosecutor in Preliminary Investigations – Efficiency or the End of Impartiality? - Julia Jansson Chapter 6: Framing Prosecutor–Police Relations in Europe – A Concept Paper - Philip Stenning and Julia Jansson Chapter 7: Police Prosecution and Access to Justice for People with Disabilities - Penelope Weller Chapter 8: Roles of Lawyers and Investigators in Investigations of International Crimes - Melanie O’Brien Part III: The Nature and Extent of Prosecutorial Discretion Chapter 9: The Riddle of Prosecutorial Discretion - Victoria Colvin Chapter 10: Prosecuting Domestic Violence Cases: Listening to Victims - Heather Douglas Chapter 11: Prosecutorial Discretion about Special Measure Use in Australian Cases of Child Sexual Abuse - Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Natalie Martschuk, Martine Powell and Nina Westera Chapter 12: Community Prosecution Code Enforcement in Dallas, Texas: Effects on Serious Crime - John Worrall, Andrew Wheeler, and Justin Medrano Part IV: Prosecutors, Politics and Accountability Chapter 13: Prosecution and Politics in Germany: The Struggle for Independence - Michael Jasch Chapter 14: Prosecutorial Independence and Effectiveness of the Nigerian Criminal Justice System - Adedeji Adekunle Chapter 15: The Decision to Prosecute – The Accountability of Australian Prosecutors - Kellie Toole Chpater 16: Regulating the Prosecutorial Role in Wrongful Convictions - Kent Roach Conclusion - Victoria Colvin and Philip Stenning
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 345.01262; Public prosecutors
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429884948; 9780429884955; 9780429884931; 9780429467547
• Related ISBNs: 9781138606791
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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