The Plymouth Law & Criminal Justice Review: Recent submissions
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Front-Line Facilitators: A Study into the Conceptualisation and Implementation of Restorative Justice by Ground-Level Police Officers
(University of Plymouth, 2015)Despite a great deal of academic debate surrounding the term ‘restorative justice’, it would appear fair to suggest that the majority of the research in this area focuses upon the three main stakeholders involved within ... -
Liberty and Security in the Age of Terrorism: Negotiating a New Social Contract
(University of Plymouth, 2015)The prevalent rise in terrorism related attacks and the susceptibility of the State to such attacks has, in an effort to counter future threats and neuter the ability of terrorists, brought to the fore the tensions between ... -
High Times: An Ethnography of Young Adult Drug Use
(University of Plymouth, 2015)This research explores the phenomenon of ‘legal highs’ or Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), directing substantial focus towards the exploration of user attraction. Whilst legal high research is expanding, the topic of ... -
Does the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Adequately Protect Persons with Learning Difficulties Against Needless Non-Consensual Sterilisation?
(University of Plymouth, 2015)Non-consensual contraceptive sterilisation of people with learning difficulties is inherently controversial. As such any legal framework that provides for such a procedure needs to rigorously scrutinised in terms of its ... -
Article 6 in the Supreme Court: Conflicting Views on the Right of Confrontation
(University of Plymouth, 2014)This article explores the disparate jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the appellate courts of England and Wales in relation to Article 6 European Convention on Human Rights, the right to a fair trial. ... -
Hiding Behind the Law? A Critique of the Law and Practice under the Adoption and Children Act 2002
(University of Plymouth, 2014)This article presents a critical analysis of adoption law in Britain. In particular, it focuses on provisions of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (ACA), and the subsequent interpretation by the Family Courts, which ... -
(Re)Settlement? Transitions from Custody to Community for Socially Excluded Children and Young People
(University of Plymouth, 2014)Despite recent declines in the use of custody for children and young people, reoffending rates for this age group remain notoriously high at over seventy per cent (Ministry of Justice, 2013) and their aftercare or ... -
The Viewing Glass of Disorder: Do Adults’ Perceptions of ‘Youth’ Affect their Perceptions of the ‘Disorder’ in their Locality?
(University of Plymouth, 2014)This dissertation explores the extent to which adults’ perceptions of youth affect their perceptions of disorder in their local area. Utilising qualitative data from semistructured interviews and a focus group alongside ... -
Privacy v Freedom of Speech: A Comparative Study on the Law of Privacy and Freedom of Expression in Relation to the Press, in the UK and the USA
(University of Plymouth, 2014)The principal objective of this paper is to critically examine how freedom of expression is balanced with rights to privacy against media intrusion. This study compares the right of privacy and the right to freedom of ...