Case construction and the goals of criminal process

McConville, Sanders and Leng (1991) have argued that the police play the dominant role in a process that constructs the suspect population and produces prosecution cases. Whereas the public rhetoric of the law proclaims ideals of fairness and equality, the process of case construction is driven by t...

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Main Author: Smith, David J. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 1997
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 1997, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 319-346
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