Peršak / Persak Legitimacy and Trust in Criminal Law, Policy and Justice

Norms, Procedures, Outcomes
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-10585-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten

Whereas previous studies of legitimacy and trust have mostly dealt with procedural justice and the police, this book focuses on other crucial understudied aspects of legitimacy within criminal law, policy and criminal justice. The chapters expand and develop current criminological, legal and socio-legal research by addressing conceptions of legitimacy linked to criminal law norms, criminalisation and sanctioning; by examining EU legal and policy aspects of the phenomenon; and by exploring some specific court-related issues of legitimacy and trust, hitherto neglected. With contributions from across the EU, this interdisciplinary collection presents a valuable discussion on the importance of trust in legal institutions of modern democracies and suggests ideas for future research in this area to challenge ways of thinking about legitimacy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peršak, Nina

Persak, Nina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Über Autor(innen)

Nina Peršak is a research professor in the field of Criminology and Sociology of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ghent. Her research interests lie in the area of criminal law, criminology, criminal legal philosophy, victimology, sociology of law and social psychology.