Courts, court users and the judicial process

ICPR has long-standing experience of conducting empirical courts-based research. Prior studies have examined sentence decision-making and public attitudes to sentencing; the quality of criminal advocacy; and what it is like to attend the criminal courts as a defendant, witness or victim. Current work includes research into what it means to 'participate' in criminal, family and tribunal proceedings; the values shaping deliberation in the Court of Protection; and the preparation of witness statements for the Employment Tribunal.

Publications

Cooper, P. and Mattison, M. (2021) Witness statements for the employment tribunal in England and Wales: What are the issues? London, ICPR

Jacobson, Jessica (2020) 'Effective participation in criminal proceedings: principle and practice', blog for the British Society of Criminology

Jacobson, Jessica (2020) 'Participation in courts and tribunals' Policy Briefing, Bristol University Press

Jacobson, Jessica and Cooper, Penny, eds. (2020) Participation in courts and tribunals: concepts, realities and aspirations. Bristol: Bristol University Press

Cooper, Penny (2020) The Advocate's Gateway: Supporting Participation in Courts and Tribunals: Toolkit 19

Hunter, Gillian and Ely, C. and Robin-D'Cruz, C. and Whitehead, S. (2020) Time to get it right: enhancing problem-solving practice in the Youth Court. Centre for Justice Innovation, London, UK.