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Getting Justice Wrong

Getting Justice Wrong

Myths, the Media and Crime

by Nicholas Cowdery
Age range: 0 to 0 years old Publication Date: 01/03/2001
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Justice may be nothing more than people getting what they deserve - but who is to decide that? And how?Tabloid journalists hunting a shock story? Talkback hosts feeding the anxieties and prejudices of the ill-informed? Politicians on the election trail chasing an easy vote? All have a vested interest in crime. All help generate public discussion and concern about the latest 'crime wave', 'war on drugs', 'soft judges', 'zero tolerance'. Discussion full of headline fodder, sound bites and dodgy figures. Discussion that gets justice wrong, produces failing policies and allocates taxpayers' dollars ineffectively.Getting Justice Wrong is not another government report or political polemic. It simply presents some facts about how criminal justice happens and why it happens that way. It provides information, usually at variance with the conventional 'wisdom' peddled by opinion manipulators. It offers food for thought, at a time when the next election 'law and order auction' is not far off.
ISBN:
9781865083223
9781865083223
Category:
Crime & criminology
Age range:
0 to 0 years old
Publication Date:
01-03-2001
Language:
English
Publisher:
ALLEN & UNWIN
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
192
Dimensions (mm):
195x130x13mm
Weight:
0.22kg
Nicholas Cowdery

Nicholas Cowdery AM QC was the Director of Public Prosecutions for New South Wales (known as the DPP) from 1994 to 2011. Previously he had been a barrister since 1971, working in Papua New Guinea and at the Sydney Bar. Since then he has focused on helping developing countries improve the rule of law, especially through professional prosecution systems, and giving advice on how to maintain the rule of law in Australia.

Nick is a University of New South Wales visiting professorial fellow. Rachael Jane Chin (LLB, BA, University of Adelaide) practised as a lawyer before becoming a non-fiction writer. Her first book, Nice Girl: The story of Keli Lane and her missing baby Tegan, was published in 2011. From 2002 to 2004 she was employed as a journalist by the Australian Financial Review.

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