Judicial indifference in criminal sentencing
Explaining inequality of the Thai Fines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8400836 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thanyanuch Tantikul (0000-0002-4305-0417, University of Strathclyde, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 343-360 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azad033 |
| OpenAlex | W4384816825 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
Courts in many jurisdictions remain indifferent to criticisms for their overly harsh or unequal treatments. There has been a debate whether this is attributed to judges’ individual dispositions or rather their environments. This article contributes to this debate by offering evidence from Thai courts about their indifference to inequality generated by the wealth-insensitive fine and fine-default custody. It argues that judges are situationally driven to adopt rigid framing about justice when performing duties, as a result of which judges develop indifference to the ‘side-effects’ of their frame-influenced decisions. The findings imply the possibility that the same mechanisms may exist in other jurisdictions and underline the need to address indifference to prevent failure in reforming for a more egalitarian system
Criminal justice · Criminology · Economics · Framing (construction) · Inequality · Law and economics · Political science · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Engineering · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Psychology · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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Status quo bias in decision making
The McDonaldization of society
Money and the Governance of Punishment
Sentencing
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The Philosophy of Money
Court Reform on Trial
Ritual Individualization
Fighting for Virtue
Violence without Moral Restraint
Denying Responsibility
Ethical Blindness
Law and Kingship in Thailand During the Reign of King Chulalongkorn
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
From Max Weber
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |