Criminal Justice and the Ideal Defendant in the Making of Remorse and Responsibility

<p>Using empirical research this book investigates how defendants are assessed by criminal justice decision-makers such as judges lawyers probation officers parole board members and those involved in restorative justice. What attitudes and emotions are defendants expected to show? How are these expectations communicated? <p/>The book argues that defendants at various stages of the criminal justice process are expected to show a (more or less) free acceptance of guilt and individual responsibility along with a display of 'appropriate' emotions ideally including 'genuine' remorse. It examines why such expressions of individual responsibility and remorse are so important to decision-makers and the state. <p/>With contributors from across the world including the UK Australia Canada France Denmark the Netherlands and Slovenia the book opens new comparative possibilities and research agendas.</p>