Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
11-2008
Abstract
Fundamentally justifying the jury is the opportunity it provides for community participation in criminal justice and the legitimation function that offers. Indeed, a strong political motivation for the recent introduction of jury trial in several transitional jurisdictions is the public confidence it transfers to the system at large. Recent research on juror comprehension and satisfaction suggests the possibility of interrogating the participation/confidence nexus more intricately. This note argues that it is the quality of the participation and the participant satisfaction which eventuates that predicts juror confidence. Where the legitimacy of criminal justice through juror participation is to be maximised then the factors effecting satisfaction and confidence are influential variables.
Discipline
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure
Publication
Current Issues in Criminal Justice
Volume
20
Issue
2
First Page
303
Last Page
306
ISSN
2206-9542
Publisher
University of Sydney, Institute of Criminology
Citation
FINDLAY, Mark.
Legitimating Criminal Justice through Community Engagement: Lessons from the Jury Experience. (2008). Current Issues in Criminal Justice. 20, (2), 303-306.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2046
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