Character in the criminal trial
- Submitting institution
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The London School of Economics and Political Science
- Unit of assessment
- 18 - Law
- Output identifier
- 18779917
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199228898.001.0001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 9780199228898
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This 2015 monograph is the culmination of research work which began in 1999. It combines insights from law, psychology, criminology, and philosophy to reassess the use of character evidence in the criminal trial. The author provides an in-depth analysis of character evidence provisions in English criminal law, focusing in particular on the Criminal Justice Act 2003. The study, which draws on arguments and theories developed across a range of disciplines, offers novel assessments of the concepts of character, recidivism, and criminality, and presents a comprehensive and original account of arguments for and against relying on character evidence to prove offences.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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