Death in Custody

Inquests, Family Participation and State Accountability

Dr Jo Easton (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2020
Emerald Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-83909-026-4 (ISBN)

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Death in Custody considers the participation of bereaved families in an inquest following a death in custody. It looks at the legal frameworks governing participation, as well as relevant theories of justice, participation, procedural fairness and grief theory. Interviews were carried out with people with personal experience of complex inquests, including bereaved family members.

Participation can provide families with redress and allow them to represent the deceased, as well as being an important part of their grief process. It also helps to ensure a fair process, which has a positive impact on accountability and legitimacy. Family participation improves accountability by maximising the chance of achieving the right outcome via scrutiny, therefore identifying failures. Families also brings balance to the process, provide vital information about the deceased as well as helping to ensure that lessons are learned that will prevent future deaths.

Death in Custody shows that procedural justice theory is relevant for participation in processes investigating human rights violations. It includes key recommendations on how to ensure participation can be fair and effective.

Dr. Jo Easton has worked in various policy and research roles for charities, focusing on the issues of criminal law and human rights. She currently works for a small charity working in the justice system, leading their policy and research work and managing a team of policy, research and communications staff. She has written numerous articles on topics relating to rehabilitation and the court process, including pieces for Political Quarterly and Probation Quarterly. She carried out the academic research for this book part-time, completing a PhD in Human Rights Law at Essex University. She is passionate about using policy and the law to bring about a fairer society.

PART 1: THE LAW
Chapter 1. Requirement to Investigate Deaths in Custody
Chapter 2. The Inquest System
PART 2: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
Chapter 3. Introducing the Empirical Research Approach

PART 3: PARTICIPATION BENEFITS BEREAVED FAMILIES
Chapter 4. Legitimate Interests
Chapter 5. Grief ProcessChapter 6. Participation Provides Benefits to Families
PART 4: BEREAVED FAMILIES HOLDING THE STATE TO ACCOUNT
Chapter 7. Instrumental Effect of Family Participation
Chapter 8. Legitimacy Provided by Family Participation
Chapter 9. Family Participation Benefits AccountabilityPART 5: ACHIEVING FAIR AND EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION
Chapter 10. Practical Challenges to Effective Participation
Chapter 11. Practical Solutions
Chapter 12. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	16.09.2020
Verlagsort	Bingley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	478 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-83909-026-X / 183909026X
ISBN-13	978-1-83909-026-4 / 9781839090264
Zustand	Neuware