Ed Johnston's Outputs (35)

Italy’s ‘circle of legality’: The confiscation and social use of assets in the fight against the mafia (2023)
Book Chapter

In Italy the term ‘mafia’ is used to refer to a number of different criminal organisations, including (but not limited to): Sicily’s cosa nostra; the camorra (from the region of Campania); the Calabrian ’ndrangheta; and Puglia’s Sacra Corona Unita, a... Read More about Italy’s ‘circle of legality’: The confiscation and social use of assets in the fight against the mafia.

Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Concepts and Challenges (2023)
Book

Organised crime and financial crime are pressing global problems, increasingly recognised as policy priorities both by national governments and international bodies and corporations. This proudly interdisciplinary collection is built on the premise t... Read More about Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Concepts and Challenges.

‘Through the back door' Defence perspectives on the rise of managerialism at the expense of adversarial justice (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter charts the evolution of managerialism in England and Wales through the lens of defence lawyers. Drawn from two PhD studies, the chapter advances empirical evidence of the implicit rise of managerialism in England and Wales. The chapter a... Read More about ‘Through the back door' Defence perspectives on the rise of managerialism at the expense of adversarial justice.

Contemporary Issues in Global Criminal Justice (2022)
Book

Contemporary Issues in Global Criminal Justice provides a holistic analysis of modern criminal justice issues, encompassing the pre-trial, investigative, and post-conviction stages of criminal justice in legal settings across the world. The contribut... Read More about Contemporary Issues in Global Criminal Justice.

Legal assistance at the police station: Shifts and contradictions in the context of COVID-19 (2022)
Book Chapter

Challenges in Criminal Justice (2022)
Book

This collection examines contemporary challenges to the criminal justice system in England and Wales.

The chapters, written by established academics, rising stars and practising lawyers, seek not only to highlight these challenges but to offer sol... Read More about Challenges in Criminal Justice.

Released under investigation: High time to bail out (2022)
Journal Article

Prior to the Policing and Crime Act 2017, the provision of bail was set out by the Bail Act and refined by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE). Bail provisions changed under the Policing and Crime Act 2017, which created a presumption ag... Read More about Released under investigation: High time to bail out.

Criminology and Law (2021)
Book

The Role of the Defense Lawyer: Conceptions and Perceptions within a Changing System (2021)
Book

The culture of defense work has undergone significant change over the course of the last twenty years. These changes may have generated confusion and uncertainty concerning the role of the defense lawyer in the modern era. If the lawyer is confused... Read More about The Role of the Defense Lawyer: Conceptions and Perceptions within a Changing System.

The rise of managerialism: The impact of swift and (un)sure justice on disclosure in criminal proceedings (2020)
Book Chapter

‘Something to work with’ Contemporary issues with pre-charge police disclosure and the role of the defence lawyer (2020)
Book Chapter

The Law of Disclosure: A Perennial Problem in Criminal Justice (2020)
Book

The pre-trial process of England and Wales (2020)
Book Chapter

This chapter analyses the core functions of the adversarial pre-trial process of England and Wales. The chapter takes a chronological approach to the how the operation of the process. Here we examine the role of the custody officer, the regulation of... Read More about The pre-trial process of England and Wales.

A Comparative Analysis of Pre-Trial Procedure in Europe: The Search for an Ideal Model (2020)
Book

Online courts and the (un)fairness of proceedings in England and Wales? (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The dwindling fair trial: Silence, pre-trial disclosure and self-incrimination (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Criminal Procedure and Punishment (2020)
Book

Marketisation and competition in criminal legal aid: implications for access to justice (2020)
Book Chapter

Legal aid, particularly in criminal justice, is a divisive subject. For its most devoted proponents, state funding of legal representation and advice for those accused of crime is a vital public good which helps to uphold values of fairness, justice... Read More about Marketisation and competition in criminal legal aid: implications for access to justice.

The defence lawyer in the modern era and the evolving criminal trial (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Disclosure in criminal proceedings: Recent legal and policy developments (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution