GWYNN DAVIS
Biographic Data
| ID | 5237531 |
|---|---|
| NAME | GWYNN DAVIS |
| GIVEN NAMES | GWYNN |
| FAMILY NAME | DAVIS |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Racism in Court
The authors were members of a research team from the Universities of Bristol and Birmingham that was commissioned by the Department for Constitutional Affairs to examine the way magistrates from ethnic minority backgrounds experience the court environment and their role within it. The study was conducted in 14 magistrates' courts in England and Wales. Most of those interviewed had not encountered racist attitudes or behaviour in their dealings wi…
Punishing Violence
It is a common perception that violent crime is on the increase and social surveys record a growing fear of victimisation among the public. Yet not all violence is criminalised, and much criminal violence still goes unreported. Punishing Violence examines the series of decisions - by victims, police officers, prosecutors and courts - which determine whether or not violent behaviour is criminalised. Antonia Cretney and Gwynn Davis examine the rela…
The future public funding of family dispute resolution services
This article employs data gathered in the course of monitoring the Legal Services Commission's family mediation pilot in order to review the arrangements for public funding of lawyer and mediation services for separating couples and to review systems of case allocation between those services. The authors argue for a model ('finance by capitation, with gatekeepers') which is borrowed from health care and which has been fine-tuned in light of rando…
Reform of the Legal Profession
Prosecuting Domestic Assault
The attempted prosecution of domestic assault gives rise to considerable frustration within the ranks of the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), a frustration attributed to victims’ tendency to withdraw their co‐operation with the prosecution effort. The authors report on an empirical investigation which, while it confirmed the high withdrawal rate, also identified routine charge reduction to s.39, trivialisation of the woman’s experi…
Criminalizing Assault
The authors undertook a study of assault, starting outside the justice system with 93 assault victims admitted to the Accident and Emergency Department of a city-centre hospital. They found that in relation to this type of offence the police do not respond to ‘crime’; they respond to ‘complaints’ from an ‘aggrieved’. If the victim is too fearful or for some other reason is reluctant to co-operate with the prosecution effort, matters proceed no fu…
Making Amends
1. Introduction 2. Developments in England and Wales 3. Victim offender mediation: a review of the research in the United States 4. Victim offender mediation in the Federal Republic of Germany 6. The Exeter youth support team 7. The Totton reparation scheme 8. Dominant themes: diversion and mitigation 9. Neglected themes (one): negotiation and expiation 10. Neglected themes (2): the victim interest 11. Conclusion
Mediation in disputes over children
One of the most powerful influences upon the practice of conciliation services is the mediators' wish to promote ‘access’ between children and the non‐custodial parent. The authors describe how practitioners at the Bromley Conciliation Bureau learned to qualify their enthusiasm for this objective
Pre-Court Decision-Making in Juvenile Justice
The Northampton Juvenile Liaison Bureau has as its principal objective the diversion of young offenders from criminal prosecution. Utilizing their own direct observation, the authors examine both the ‘diversion’ process and the underlying arguments. They report that the boundaries of prosecution are indeed being pushed back, but conclude that the Bureau's stance is open to criticism in that little help is offered to the families of these young of…
Reparation in the Service of Diversion
‘Reparation’ from offender to victim may take a variety of forms and can be promoted either as an alternative to or in conjunction with the operation of our criminal courts. Several Home Office sponsored experiments have been run. The authors, who hove been monitoring these and other initiatives, conclude that the scope for making amends ‐ and for viewing criminal justice in reparative terms ‐ is undermined through the current preoccupation with …
Report of the Inter‐Departmental Committee on Conciliation
Pre-Court Decision-Making in Juvenile Justice
The Northampton Juvenile Liaison Bureau has as its principal objective the diversion of young offenders from criminal prosecution. Utilizing their own direct observation, the authors examine both the ‘diversion’ process and the underlying arguments. They report that the boundaries of prosecution are indeed being pushed back, but conclude that the Bureau's stance is open to criticism in that little help is offered to the families of these young of…
The future public funding of family dispute resolution services
This article employs data gathered in the course of monitoring the Legal Services Commission's family mediation pilot in order to review the arrangements for public funding of lawyer and mediation services for separating couples and to review systems of case allocation between those services. The authors argue for a model ('finance by capitation, with gatekeepers') which is borrowed from health care and which has been fine-tuned in light of rando…
Criminalizing Assault
The authors undertook a study of assault, starting outside the justice system with 93 assault victims admitted to the Accident and Emergency Department of a city-centre hospital. They found that in relation to this type of offence the police do not respond to ‘crime’; they respond to ‘complaints’ from an ‘aggrieved’. If the victim is too fearful or for some other reason is reluctant to co-operate with the prosecution effort, matters proceed no fu…
Report of the Inter‐Departmental Committee on Conciliation
Reparation in the Service of Diversion
‘Reparation’ from offender to victim may take a variety of forms and can be promoted either as an alternative to or in conjunction with the operation of our criminal courts. Several Home Office sponsored experiments have been run. The authors, who hove been monitoring these and other initiatives, conclude that the scope for making amends ‐ and for viewing criminal justice in reparative terms ‐ is undermined through the current preoccupation with …
Mediation in disputes over children
One of the most powerful influences upon the practice of conciliation services is the mediators' wish to promote ‘access’ between children and the non‐custodial parent. The authors describe how practitioners at the Bromley Conciliation Bureau learned to qualify their enthusiasm for this objective
Pre-Court Decision-Making in Juvenile Justice
The Northampton Juvenile Liaison Bureau has as its principal objective the diversion of young offenders from criminal prosecution. Utilizing their own direct observation, the authors examine both the ‘diversion’ process and the underlying arguments. They report that the boundaries of prosecution are indeed being pushed back, but conclude that the Bureau's stance is open to criticism in that little help is offered to the families of these young of…
Making Amends
1. Introduction 2. Developments in England and Wales 3. Victim offender mediation: a review of the research in the United States 4. Victim offender mediation in the Federal Republic of Germany 6. The Exeter youth support team 7. The Totton reparation scheme 8. Dominant themes: diversion and mitigation 9. Neglected themes (one): negotiation and expiation 10. Neglected themes (2): the victim interest 11. Conclusion
Criminalizing Assault
The authors undertook a study of assault, starting outside the justice system with 93 assault victims admitted to the Accident and Emergency Department of a city-centre hospital. They found that in relation to this type of offence the police do not respond to ‘crime’; they respond to ‘complaints’ from an ‘aggrieved’. If the victim is too fearful or for some other reason is reluctant to co-operate with the prosecution effort, matters proceed no fu…
Prosecuting Domestic Assault
The attempted prosecution of domestic assault gives rise to considerable frustration within the ranks of the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), a frustration attributed to victims’ tendency to withdraw their co‐operation with the prosecution effort. The authors report on an empirical investigation which, while it confirmed the high withdrawal rate, also identified routine charge reduction to s.39, trivialisation of the woman’s experi…
Reform of the Legal Profession
Punishing Violence
It is a common perception that violent crime is on the increase and social surveys record a growing fear of victimisation among the public. Yet not all violence is criminalised, and much criminal violence still goes unreported. Punishing Violence examines the series of decisions - by victims, police officers, prosecutors and courts - which determine whether or not violent behaviour is criminalised. Antonia Cretney and Gwynn Davis examine the rela…
The future public funding of family dispute resolution services
This article employs data gathered in the course of monitoring the Legal Services Commission's family mediation pilot in order to review the arrangements for public funding of lawyer and mediation services for separating couples and to review systems of case allocation between those services. The authors argue for a model ('finance by capitation, with gatekeepers') which is borrowed from health care and which has been fine-tuned in light of rando…
Racism in Court
The authors were members of a research team from the Universities of Bristol and Birmingham that was commissioned by the Department for Constitutional Affairs to examine the way magistrates from ethnic minority backgrounds experience the court environment and their role within it. The study was conducted in 14 magistrates' courts in England and Wales. Most of those interviewed had not encountered racist attitudes or behaviour in their dealings wi…
Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Criminology (8 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Economic Justice (4 works)