240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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It is a common perception that violent crime is on the increase and social surveys record a growing fear of victimisation among the public. Yet not all violence is criminalised, and much criminal violence still goes unreported. Punishing Violence examines the series of decisions - by victims, police officers, prosecutors and courts - which determine whether or not violent behaviour is... Read more
List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction; A different kind of monitoring; Research method; 2 The Reality of assault; Sex; Age; Race; Lifestyle; Predictors; Assault archetypes; 3 Harm and reporting; Tolerance of violence; Assaults in a ‘domestic’ context; Reporting; 4 The victim and the police; The significance of the ‘complaint’; Seriousness and the limits of police discretion; 5 The police and the demands of the legal process; The demands of the prosecution process; The mechanics of detecting assault; Witnesses; The police, the prosecution and the public; 6 Police case construction; Police perception of the assailant; The significance of the assailant’s race; The imposition of police views in statement-taking; Determining the charge; 7 Victims in court; Difficulties faced by the prosecution in proving assault charges; The ‘story’ and the court; The victim in court; 8 Assault, prosecution and the victim; Criminalisation; Assault, prosecution and the victim; Appendix A—Research method; Appendix B—The cases; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Biography
Antonia Cretney, Gwynn Davis
