Truth, myth or mixture?
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 ‘Criminal cases are tried by jury’
    • 1.1 Truth?
    • 1.2 Myth?
      • 1.2.1 The magistrates’ court
      • 1.2.2 Guilty pleas
    • 1.3 Mixture?
  • 2 ‘Most judges are old, white men’
    • 2.1 Truth?
      • 2.1.1 Magistrates
    • 2.2 Myth?
      • 2.2.1 Magistrates
    • 2.3 Mixture?
      • 2.3.1 Increasing diversity
  • 3 ‘The police enforce the law’
    • 3.1 Truth?
    • 3.2 Myth?
      • 3.2.1 Other agencies
      • 3.2.2 Crown Prosecution Service
    • 3.3 Mixture?
  • 4 ‘Crimes are immoral’
    • 4.1 Truth?
    • 4.2 Myth?
      • 4.2.1 Regulatory offences
      • 4.2.2 Reasons for criminalising activity
      • 4.2.3 Immoral but not illegal
    • 4.3 Mixture?
  • 5 ‘All crimes have victims’
    • 5.1 Truth?
    • 5.2 Myth?
    • 5.3 Mixture?
  • 6 ‘Convicted criminals are let off without prison sentences’
    • 6.1 Truth?
    • 6.2 Myth?
      • 6.2.1 Sentences
      • 6.2.2 Purposes of punishment
    • 6.3 Mixture?
      • 6.3.1 You be the judge
  • 7 ‘Criminal law and civil law are completely different’
    • 7.1 Truth?
      • 7.1.1 Different courts
      • 7.1.2 Different decision-makers
      • 7.1.3 Different parties
      • 7.1.4 Different levels of proof
    • 7.2 Myth?
      • 7.2.1 A case for the courts
      • 7.2.2 In the criminal court
      • 7.2.3 In the civil court
    • 7.3 Mixture?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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