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

Hough, Mike, Bradford, B., Jackson, J. and Roberts, J.V. (2013) Attitudes to sentencing and trust in justice: exploring trends from the crime survey for England and Wales. Ministry of Justice Analytical Series. London, UK: Ministry of Justice.

Hough, Mike, Farrall, S. and McNeil, F. (2013) Intelligent justice: balancing the effects of community sentences and custody. Project Report. The Howard League for Penal Reform, London, UK.

Body-Gendrot, S., Hough, Mike, Kerezsi, K., Levy, R. and Snacken, S., eds. (2013) The Routledge handbook of European Criminology. Routledge International Handbooks. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Hough, Mike and Kirby, Amy (2013) The role of public opinion in formulating sentencing guidelines. In: Ashworth, A. and Roberts, J.V. (eds.) Sentencing Guidelines: Exploring the English Model.Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 140-156.

Jacobson, Jessica (2013) By mistakes we learn? A review of criminal appeals against sentence. Project Report. Transform Justice, London, UK.

Hunter, Gillian, Jacobson, Jessica and Kirby, Amy (2013) Out of the shadows: victims' and witnesses' experiences of attending the Crown Court. Project Report. Victim Support, London, UK.