TY - BOOK ID - 77897802 TI - The Ordering of Justice AU - Baranek, Patricia, AU - Ericson, Richard PY - 1989 SN - 1282040030 9786612040030 1442678119 9781442678118 9780802024510 0802024513 9780802064639 0802024513 0802064639 9781282040038 1442638532 PB - Toronto DB - UniCat KW - Criminal procedure KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - Pleas (Criminal procedure) KW - Crime KW - Guilt (Law) KW - Pleading KW - Peine forte et dure KW - Canada. KW - Canada (Province) KW - Canadae KW - Ceanada KW - Chanada KW - Chanadey KW - Dominio del Canad KW - Dominion of Canada KW - Jianada KW - Kʻaenada KW - Kanada KW - Ḳanadah KW - Kanadaja KW - Kanadas KW - Ḳanade KW - Kanado KW - Kanak KW - Province of Canada KW - Republica de Canad KW - Yn Chanadey KW - Dominio del Canadá KW - Kaineḍā KW - Kanakā KW - Republica de Canadá UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77897802 AB - From the point of his arrest through to the final disposition of his case, the authors follow the accused as he proceeds through the criminal control system. They draw a picture of one who is dependent upon the orders and decisions of the police, crown attorney, defence lawyer, and judge and not a defendant with significant autonomy. Substudies conducted under a program of the Centre of Criminology provide empirical material on patrol police, detectives, crown attorneys and defence lawyers and are complemented by the authors? own interviews of accused persons. They produce a unique picture of the person who stands accused: unlike the official agents who are regular and experienced participants in the criminal process, the accused is a ?one-shot? player.As a dependant he is subject to the orders and decisions of the official criminal control agents; he fails to exercise what appear externally as his formal rights because the apparent costs exceed the advantages. He complies with police searches, fails to remain silent, fails to call a third party, gives a statement, often does not obtain a lawyer, routinely accepts his lawyer?s advice, rarely demands a trial, often remains silent in court, and very rarely considers an appeal. The ordering which the accused meets out of court is reproduced in the public forum of the court. Through the display of formal legal rationality there and in the belief that matters ?could have been a lot worse,? he experiences the ?majesty, justice, and mercy? of the criminal process and, in turn, accords legitimacy to the actions taken against him. The authors discuss prospects for changing the criminal process and conclude that the range of reforms that have been advocated, and sometimes implemented, does not lead to an alteration of the accused?s position within the ordering of justice because the system is not truly adversarial. Rather, it serves the interests of the state in ordering the population as well as professional interests of those who man the system. ER -