Rethinking prosecutorial discretion: towards a moral cartography of prosecutors
This article examines the justifications that a group of prosecutors employs when coordinating human trafficking investigations in the Amazon. The study is based on interviews with officials who work in Madre de Dios, Peru, a region affected by small-scale gold mining, whose demand for labour has in...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2021
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The British journal of criminology
Año: 2021, Volumen: 61, Número: 6, Páginas: 1486-1502 |
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| Sumario: | This article examines the justifications that a group of prosecutors employs when coordinating human trafficking investigations in the Amazon. The study is based on interviews with officials who work in Madre de Dios, Peru, a region affected by small-scale gold mining, whose demand for labour has increased the incidence of human trafficking. I draw from Boltanski and Thévenot’s polity model to elucidate three moral principles regularly endorsed by prosecutors in the course of criminal investigations: efficiency, civic and domestic values. Together these comprise a moral cartography of prosecution. This study from the Global South contributes to a more holistic—and pragmatic—understanding of prosecutors’ charging decisions, complementing research approaching this topic from the perspective of bounded rationality. |
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| ISSN: | 1464-3529 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/bjc/azab040 |