Criminal Justice in Austerity: Legal Aid, Prosecution and the Future of Criminal Legal Practice

by James Thornton

This book offers a timely and detailed examination of the reality of criminal legal practice today. Drawing upon extensive anonymous interviews with criminal lawyers in England and Wales, it illuminates how financial pressures arise within the criminal justice system and how lawyers seek to navigate them.

The work of criminal lawyers is frequently depicted in the news and media as exciting, well-paid and worthwhile, with prosecutors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509955356
• ISBN13: 9781509955350
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"