Over-Efficiency in the Lower Criminal Courts, livre ebook

This book offers a multidimensional analysis of what efficiency in the lower criminal courts (the Magistrates’ courts) means, as well as offering a wealth of original and novel stenographic data.

In our pursuit of efficiency in the lower criminal courts, have we lost sight of quality justice? Through the critical examination of original stenographic data, this book demonstrates how an English Magistrates' courthouse often pursued managerial efficiency to the detriment of social justice and procedural due process values.

Given that these courts process more than 95% of all criminal cases, this ‘over-efficiency’ problem has the capacity to cause significant social harm. Yates’ work concludes by providing socio-legal and criminological readers with ways to fix this over-efficiency problem. This accessible work is of value to policy makers and post-graduate students alike.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Modern History of Summary Justice Efficiency

Chapter 3: Speed-Focused Managerialism

Chapter 4: Standardized Defendant Processes

Chapter 5: Court Users’ Procedural Adversity

Chapter 6: Overcoming Over-Efficiency