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Criminal Justice and the Ideal Defendant in the Making of Remorse and Responsibility

Criminal Justice and the Ideal Defendant in the Making of Remorse and Responsibility

Hardcover

Series: Oñati International Law and Society

General Law

ISBN10: 1509939911
ISBN13: 9781509939916
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: May 18 2023
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book investigates how defendants are assessed by criminal justice decisionmakers, such as judges, lawyers, probation officers, parole board members and those involved in restorative justice. What attitudes and emotions are defendants expected to show? How are these expectations communicated?

The book argues that defendants, at various stages of the criminal justice process, are expected to show a (more or less) free acceptance of guilt and individual responsibility along with a display of 'appropriate' emotions, ideally including 'genuine' remorse. It examines why such expressions of individual

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