RT Book
T1 Measuring justice: quantitative accountability and the National Prosecuting Authority in South Africa
T2 Cambridge studies in law and society
A1 Mugler, Johanna 1979-
LA English
PP Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne, VIC New Delhi Singapore
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1669118096
AB Measuring Justice explores the ways in which South African court and managerial prosecutors deal with the quantification of social phenomena - such as justice, professional work or accountability - and address the radical simplifications of their inherent complexities, misrepresentations and editing as a consequence. While various studies show the concern of professionals about the damaging effects these quantitative forms of accountability have on the creativity, freedom and collaborative nature of expert systems, Mugler shows that the reactions and attitudes of these legal professionals differ substantially. Through careful scrutiny of the everyday work of prosecutors and how they reflect on the relationship between accountability, quantification and law, this book argues that actors who work daily with quantitative accountability measures develop a numerical reflexivity about the process.
CN KTL1615
SN 9781108566254
K1 National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa
K1 Public prosecutors : South Africa
K1 Prosecution : Statistics : South Africa
K1 Public prosecutors ; South Africa
K1 Prosecution ; South Africa ; Statistics
K1 eBook-Cambridge-Gesamt-EBA-2024
DO 10.1017/9781108566254