ABSTRACT

This collection presents a unique and diverse range of contributions on challenges faced by criminal justice in England and Wales in the wake of the Covid-19 global pandemic.

The book brings together leading experts to examine the impact of the pandemic on policing and criminal procedure, prisons, and the post-conviction stage of the system. The work further explores the lessons that may be learned and explores the relevance of these lessons for the wider criminal justice system. The reader will gain substantial insight into contemporary challenges in these areas, through original analysis and argument. The experience of England and Wales during the pandemic will also be of interest to the wider international community who will have encountered many of the issues raised in this collection.

The book will be essential reading for researchers, academics, and policymakers involved in criminal justice.

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|16 pages

Policing Domestic Abuse

No ‘Freedom Day’ for Victims of Coercive and Controlling Behaviour

chapter 6|19 pages

Tipping the Scales of Justice

Covid-19 and Detention without Trial

chapter 8|17 pages

Covid-19 and Technologically Enhanced Trials under the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act 2022

Have Remote Jury Trials Shifted from Criminal Justice Fiction to Virtual Reality?

chapter 11|18 pages

‘Expectations vs Reality’

How Can the Levels of Self-Harm during the Covid-19 Prison Lockdown Inform Future Policy and Practice?

chapter 12|16 pages

Learning from the Covid-19 Pandemic

Probation's Role in Providing Health-Related Support