Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure
About the Book Series
This series deals with aspects of criminal justice and procedure in both practical and theoretical terms. Books may examine issues such as the use of police powers, the rights of the suspect during the police investigation, access to legal advice and the trial process. Many jurisdictions have seen substantial changes to their criminal justice systems which often have ramifications for due process safeguards. From a theoretical standpoint, the series invites analyses of the way in which different jurisdictions make changes to their justice systems, highlighting and examining the ramifications of such changes. The series welcomes contributions from scholars from all jurisdictions thereby creating an opportunity for novel cross-jurisdictional scholarly collaboration.
Vulnerability and Sexual Assault Law: The Inadequacy of the Autonomy-based Approach
1st Edition
By Sorcha McCormack
July 13, 2026
This book critiques the autonomy based theoretical foundations of the legal response to sexual offences. To do so it examines the legal treatment of incapacitated rape victims arguing that the autonomous foundations have created a hierarchal response that forces individuals to be responsible for ...
Global Perspectives on the Law of Disclosure
1st Edition
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By Ed Johnston, Tom Smith
July 10, 2026
This collection presents a comparative assessment of issues impacting disclosure of criminal evidence in a range of international jurisdictions. The book introduces the major features driving disclosure practice in a mixture of common and civil law countries from across the world, including the ...
Autism, Criminal Defence and Access to Justice
1st Edition
By Roxanna Dehaghani, Tom Smith
June 26, 2026
Interest in neurodivergence, particularly autism, and its impact on suspects and defendants in the criminal process has grown significantly in recent years, domestically and globally. A significant gap nevertheless remains in relation to (socio)-legal perspectives on the role and effectiveness of ...
Citizens, the State and Justice: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
1st Edition
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By Dan Jasinski, Noel McGuirk
March 31, 2026
This collection brings together academics, practicing lawyers and judges to offer a multidisciplinary insight into the relationship between the state and citizens through the lens of securing justice. All too often, appraisals of this fundamental subject are artificially siloed into the traditional...
Neuroscience in Criminal Justice Systems: The Positive Impact of Neurojustice
1st Edition
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By Hannah Wishart, Colleen M. Berryessa
January 27, 2026
This edited collection shows the tangible and positive impacts neuroscience is having in specific jurisdictions for individuals involved in the criminal justice system as witnesses, victims, defendants, and legal practitioners. Over the last 30 years, neuroscience has significantly informed legal, ...
Access to Justice for Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities: A Comparative Analysis of Participation in the Kenyan Criminal Justice System
1st Edition
By Paul Ochieng Juma
November 06, 2025
Taking Kenya as a case study, this book examines the application of criminal procedure in the context of persons with psychosocial disabilities. It discusses how the right to participation of persons with psychosocial disabilities who have been declared unfit can be best protected during and after ...
Justice Denied: Exploring Inequities in the Legal System
1st Edition
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By Ed Johnston, Claire-Michelle Smyth
August 15, 2025
This volume focuses on injustice in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales and discusses the barriers to achieving justice. The book draws on contributions from established and emerging scholars, as well as insight from professional practice to provide insight into the contemporary ...
Poor Defence Lawyering in Criminal Proceedings: A Comparative View
1st Edition
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By Ashlee Beazley, Michele Panzavolta, Andrew Sanders
July 31, 2025
This collection discusses the concept of ‘poor quality’ criminal defence representation and assistance, so-termed poor lawyering. It does so from diverse perspectives, including legal and criminological. The work presents an overview of the issue of the quality of legal assistance in criminal ...
Robotics, AI and Criminal Law: Crimes Against Robots
1st Edition
By Kamil Mamak
July 31, 2025
This book offers a phenomenological perspective on the criminal law debate on robots. Today, robots are protected in some form by criminal law. A robot is a person’s property and is protected as property. This book presents the different rationale for protecting robots beyond the property ...
Neurolaw in the Courtroom: Comparative Perspectives on Vulnerable Defendants
1st Edition
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By Hannah Wishart, Colleen M. Berryessa
June 27, 2025
This collection presents a comparative perspective on interdisciplinary issues that fall under the emerging field of Neurolaw. The chapters embrace distinct procedural and evidential issues in the courtroom for vulnerable defendants, such as immature defendants, mentally disordered offenders and ...
The Digital Courtroom: Participation, Attendance, Engagement and Consumption
1st Edition
By Lisa Flower
May 29, 2025
The digitalisation of courtrooms brings both opportunities and challenges to the judicial process, shaping our understandings of trials and their participants in a myriad of, at times, unexpected ways, and transforming how we participate in, attend, engage with, and consume trials. While digital ...
Social Rehabilitation and Criminal Justice
1st Edition
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By Federica Coppola, Adriano Martufi
May 27, 2025
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the current directions in social rehabilitation scholarship and research by bringing together the voices of legal scholars, criminal justice professionals, social scientists, and people directly impacted by criminal justice in a comparative, ...