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Criminal Justice and the Pursuit of Truth / By Tim Hillier and Gavin Dingwall

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Bristol Bristol University Press 2023Description: ix, 231 pages 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781529203233 (Paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.115
Contents:
The Criminal Process and the Pursuit of Truth - Allegations - Confessions - Witness Testimony - Truth and the Probity of Evidence-Gathering - Decisions and Narratives: Factfinding and Case Construction - Truth and the Criminal Trial: Competing Stories - Truth, Sentencing and Punishment - Restoration, Reconciliation and Reconceptualizing Justice - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth: The Truth of Who Is to Blame.
Summary: Can the criminal justice system achieve justice based on its ability to determine the truth? Drawing on a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, this book investigates the concept of truth – its complexities and nuances – and scrutinizes how well the criminal justice process facilitates truth-finding. From allegation to sentencing, the chapters take the reader on a journey through the criminal justice system, exposing the marginalization of truth-finding in favour of other jurisprudential or systemic values, such as expediency, procedural fairness and the presumption of innocence. This important work bridges the gap between what people expect from the criminal justice system and what it can legitimately deliver.
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BOOKs . General Stacks 340.115 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PB Available Recommended by Mr. Kunal Ambasta 40383

The Criminal Process and the Pursuit of Truth -
Allegations -
Confessions -
Witness Testimony -
Truth and the Probity of Evidence-Gathering -
Decisions and Narratives: Factfinding and Case Construction -
Truth and the Criminal Trial: Competing Stories -
Truth, Sentencing and Punishment -
Restoration, Reconciliation and Reconceptualizing Justice -
The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth: The Truth of Who Is to Blame.

Can the criminal justice system achieve justice based on its ability to determine the truth?
Drawing on a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, this book investigates the concept of truth – its complexities and nuances – and scrutinizes how well the criminal justice process facilitates truth-finding. From allegation to sentencing, the chapters take the reader on a journey through the criminal justice system, exposing the marginalization of truth-finding in favour of other jurisprudential or systemic values, such as expediency, procedural fairness and the presumption of innocence.
This important work bridges the gap between what people expect from the criminal justice system and what it can legitimately deliver.