Character in the Criminal Trial

Download or read book Character in the Criminal Trial written by Mike Redmayne and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of character in the criminal trial raises a number of controversial issues such as the nature of criminal responsibility, the link between past and future behavior, and the way juries and judges reason about evidence of prior wrongdoing. This book reassesses and reflects on the significance of the law's increasing emphasis on character.