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Character in the criminal trial / Mike Redmayne

Author
Redmayne, Mike
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Character in the Criminal Process -- 1.2.Defining Character -- 1.3.The Structure of the Book -- 2.The Relevance of Character -- 2.1.People and Situations -- 2.2.Recidivism and the Relevance of Previous Convictions -- 2.3.Criminal Careers -- 2.4.Conclusion -- 3.Character and Prejudice -- 3.1.Integrating Comparative Propensity -- 3.2.Undermining Deterrence -- 3.3.Confusing Coincidence -- 3.4.Attributing Error -- 3.5.Empirical Studies of Bad Character -- 3.6.Conclusion -- 4.The Ethics of Character Evidence -- 4.1.Exclusion and Exceptions -- 4.2.Putting the Defendant's Life on Trial -- 4.3.Autonomy -- 4.4.Motives and Reasons -- 4.5.Moral Improvement -- 4.6.Censure and Reform -- 4.7.Non-Criminal Bad Character -- 4.8.Labelling -- 4.9.Conclusion -- 5.Propensity's History: English Law before the Criminal Justice Act 2003 -- 5.1.Early Cases -- 5.2.Makin -- 5.3.Boardman -- 5.4.From Boardman to P -- 5.5.After P -- 5.6.Randall -- 5.7.Conclusion -- 6.Understanding Propensity Evidence -- 6.1.Patterns of Propensity Evidence -- 6.2.The Doctrine of Chances -- 6.3.The Structure of the Propensity Inference: Comparative Propensity, Other Evidence, and Linkage -- 6.4.Identity Cases and the Sequence of Reasoning -- 6.5.Categories -- 6.6.Striking Similarity -- 6.7.Forbidden Reasoning -- 6.8.Probative Value Versus Prejudicial Effect -- 6.9.Commentators -- 6.10.Conclusion -- 7.Propensity Evidence under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 -- 7.1.The CJA Scheme in Outline -- 7.2.Propensity under the CJA: The Basics -- 7.3.Constituting Propensity -- 7.4.Excluding Relevant Propensity Evidence -- 7.5.Warning the Jury -- 7.6.Conclusion: Assessing Gateway (d) -- 8.Propensity, Coincidence, and Acquitted Misconduct -- 8.1.Simple Misclassification -- 8.2.Propensity, Pooling, and Cross-Admissibility -- 8.3.Problems with the Propensity/Coincidence Distinction -- 8.4.Pooling -- 8.5.Double-Counting -- 8.6.Acquitted Misconduct Evidence -- 8.7.Conclusion -- 9.Character and Credibility -- 9.1.Crime and Credibility -- 9.2.Gateway (d): Propensity to be Untruthful -- 9.3.Gateway (g): Tit for Tat -- 9.4.Tit for Tat: A Practice in Search of a Rationale -- 9.5.Deterring Defendants -- 9.6.Conclusion -- 10.Good Character -- 10.1.The Importance of Good Character -- 10.2.Conclusion -- 11.Punishing Character -- 11.1.The Impact of Character on Sentencing -- 11.2.Should Character Influence Sentence? -- 11.3.Character and Criminal Liability -- 11.4.Character, Culpability, and Sentencing -- 11.5.Leaping into the Bog? -- 11.6.Alternative Accounts -- 11.7.Sentencing Practice Revisited -- 11.8.Conclusion -- 12.Dangerous Characters -- 12.1.Dangerousness Provisions in England and Wales -- 12.2.Justifying Preventive Sentencing -- 12.3.Actuarial Risk Assessment: Initial Concerns -- 12.4.How Reliable Is Risk Assessment? -- 12.5.How Dangerous Is Dangerous? -- 12.6.Prediction, Incapacitation, and Time -- 12.7.Pure Preventive Detention -- 12.8.Conclusion -- 13.Conclusion -- 13.1.Summary -- 13.2.The Uses of Character -- 13.3.Character's Renaissance.
Summary
The use of character in the criminal trial raises a number of controversial issues such as the nature of criminal responsibility, the link between past and future behaviour, and the way juries and judges reason about evidence of prior wrongdoing. This book reassesses and reflects on the significance of the law's increasing emphasis on character.
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ISBN
9780191746765 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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