NCJ Number
177171
Journal
Medicine Volume: ience and the Law Issue: Dated: Pages: 2 (April 1998)-137
Date Published
1998
Length
42 pages
Annotation
This is a series of six papers presented at a seminar organized by the British Academy of Forensic Sciences, December 1997.
Abstract
The papers, with brief synopses, include: (1) Is Ignorance Bliss? Could Jury Trial Survive Investigation? (argues that revealing all would bring the death of jury trial; secrecy is essential to preserve the institution); (2) The Case for Jury Research (highlights issues that could benefit from additional research); (3) Trying Criminal Cases Without Juries (discusses the traditional division of labor between judges and juries in serious criminal cases); (4) Leave the Jury Alone (discusses the case against jury monitoring and research and any relaxation of the defendant's right to jury trial in indictable cases); (5) Remedying the Harm: Civil and Criminal Justice (discusses the need to shift the emphasis away from the courts of criminal jurisdiction to the civil courts as the main force for buttressing provisions of social rights and interests); and (6) 'Community Safety': The Use of Civil Courts by Local Authorities and the Police to Control Criminal Behaviour (discusses the involvement local authorities, education, police, probation and voluntary sector bodies in crime control). Notes, references, cases, statutes