Jenni Ward - Transforming Summary Justice: Modernisation in the Lower Criminal Courts

Jennifer Ward

First published 2017
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2017 Jennifer Ward

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Names: Ward, Jennifer R., author.
Title: Transforming summary justice : modernisation in the lower criminal courts / Jennifer Ward.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. | Series: Routledge frontiers of criminal justice ; 41 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016026278 | ISBN 9781138846739 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315727288 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Criminal justice, Administration ofEngland. | Criminal justice, Administration ofWales. | Criminal courtsEngland. | Criminal courtsWales. | Justices of the peaceEngland. | Justice of the peaceWales.
Classification: LCC KD8309 .W37 2017 | DDC 345.42/0142dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016026278

ISBN: 978-1-138-84673-9 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-72728-8 (ebk)

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Several people need thanking for their input and support during my research and writing of this book, without whom it could not have been achieved. These are all the people who took part in the research who will not be named for purposes of anonymity, but to whom I am extremely grateful. My colleagues in the School of Law and Department of Criminology and Sociology at Middlesex University require particular thanks for listening to my ideas, but especially for their encouragement and support over the research period and over the time of writing. Their kindness and reassurance have been particularly helpful during the final weeks. Very special thanks go to John Baldwin, who read chapters of the manuscript. The comments provided were enormously helpful in moving the arguments forward. There are several people in New Zealand who need thanking. Sincere thanks go to Philip Harkness, whose PhD and book research on justices of the peace (JPs) in New Zealand sparked my interest in conducting a similar study on this side of the globe and who put me in touch with several jurists in New Zealand, who were interviewed in an earlier stage of the research. I am very thankful to Chris Brace, chief executive of the Magistrates Association, who from the beginning has been in full support of the study and helpfully connected me with active magistrates willing to take part. Sally Westoby was an important contact in the early stages, whose experiences as a magistrate helped shape the enquiry at the start. I am grateful to Judy Kemp for our many conversations, for the magistrate contacts and for her continued encouragement. Further thanks are due to the School of Law at Middlesex University for providing funds through the small research grant awards. The financial assistance has been most helpful and I am appreciative of it.