Arresting Statistics: The Drift to Informal Justice in England and Wales.

This paper re-examines some of the current theoretical models and paradigms of criminal justice in England and Wales based on an analysis of national arrest statistics between 1981 and 1997. The data show that there has been a large increase in the number of arrests in the period but the number of p...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Journal of Law & Society Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 502 - 523
Autores principales: Hillyard, Paddy, Gordon, David
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec99
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=3252341&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: hlh
    uiTerm: 3252341
    longDbName: Humanities International Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        0263323X
        7Q3
      jtl: Journal of Law & Society
      issn: 0263323X
      maglogo: Y
    pubinfo:
      dt: Dec99
      vid: 26
      iid: 4
      pid: 480
      pub: Wiley-Blackwell
    artinfo:
      ui:
        3252341
        10.1111/1467-6478.00138
      ppf: 502
      ppct: 21
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
          – @attributes:
              type: P
              size: 192KB
      tig:
        atl: Arresting Statistics: The Drift to Informal Justice in England and Wales.
      aug:
        au:
          Hillyard, Paddy
          Gordon, David
      su:
        Criminal justice system
        Arrest
        Statistics
        Crime prevention
        England
        Wales
      sug:
        subj:
          England
          Wales
          Criminal justice system
          Arrest
          Statistics
          Crime prevention
      ab: This paper re-examines some of the current theoretical models and paradigms of criminal justice in England and Wales based on an analysis of national arrest statistics between 1981 and 1997. The data show that there has been a large increase in the number of arrests in the period but the number of people prosecuted has declined. An increasing number of people are being arrested and released without any further action. The principal argument is that there has been a radical shift in power away from the formal open and public system of justice towards a more informal closed system. The paper concludes that while these trends lend support to a number of theoretical perspectives on the criminal justice process, particularly Choongh's social disciplinary model, the radical transformation which has taken place in the form of criminal justice can only be understood within the broader politics and economic structures of modern Britain.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: Y
      custom: Copyright of Journal of Law & Society is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
      item: Journal of Law & Society
      holder: Wiley-Blackwell
      dt:
        @attributes:
          year: 1999
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N