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Italy’s other ‘other mafia’: Remediation and representations of the ’ndrangheta (2023)
Book Chapter
Phillips, A. (2023). Italy’s other ‘other mafia’: Remediation and representations of the ’ndrangheta. In D. Jasinski, A. Phillips, & E. Johnston (Eds.), Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Concepts and Challenges. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

It is generally agreed that public perceptions of organised crime are profoundly impacted by the mass media and popular culture, and that cultural representations play a major role in constructing dominant narratives. Furthermore, many scholars have... Read More about Italy’s other ‘other mafia’: Remediation and representations of the ’ndrangheta.

Italy’s ‘circle of legality’: The confiscation and social use of assets in the fight against the mafia (2023)
Book Chapter
Phillips, A., & Di Buccio, S. (2023). Italy’s ‘circle of legality’: The confiscation and social use of assets in the fight against the mafia. In D. Jasinski, A. Phillips, & E. Johnston (Eds.), Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Concepts and Challenges. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

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.

‘Through the back door' Defence perspectives on the rise of managerialism at the expense of adversarial justice (2023)
Book Chapter
Smith, T., & Johnston, E. (2023). ‘Through the back door' Defence perspectives on the rise of managerialism at the expense of adversarial justice. In E. Johnston, & A. Pivaty (Eds.), Efficiency and Bureaucratisation of Criminal Justice Global Trends. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003207818

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.

Prisoners' human rights in England & Wales: Zigzags, flatlines and missed opportunities (2022)
Book Chapter
Karamalidou, A. (2022). Prisoners' human rights in England & Wales: Zigzags, flatlines and missed opportunities. In E. Johnston (Ed.), Challenges in Criminal Justice (180-196). (1). London and New York: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003143321-11

The chapter presents and critically reviews the prison policy in England and Wales from 2013 to the present day against the backdrop of the legalisation of prisoners’ human rights and the incorporation of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR... Read More about Prisoners' human rights in England & Wales: Zigzags, flatlines and missed opportunities.

The pre-trial process of England and Wales (2020)
Book Chapter
Johnston, E., & Jasinski, D. (2020). The pre-trial process of England and Wales. In E. Johnston, R. Erbaş, & D. Jasınskı (Eds.), A comparative analysis of pre-trial procedure in Europe: The search for an ideal model: England and Wales. Istanbul University Press. https://doi.org/10.26650/B/SS26.2020.014

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.

Marketisation and competition in criminal legal aid: implications for access to justice (2020)
Book Chapter
Smith, T., & Johnston, E. (2020). Marketisation and competition in criminal legal aid: implications for access to justice. In K. Albertson, M. Corcoran, & . J. Phillips (Eds.), Marketisation and Privatisation in Criminal Justice. Bristol: Policy Press

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.