Courting Violence: Offences Against the Person Cases in Court

by Nigel G. Fielding

Using original field data this book analyzes how courts handle physical violence cases. It examines the questioning of defendants, witnesses and victims, how testimony and physical evidence is used, and what victims, witnesses, defendants, lawyers, and judges think of the trial process. The book offers an accessible insight into the work of the courts and how society deals with violent crime.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199279357
• ISBN13: 9780199279357
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"