Overcoming Barriers in the Criminal Justice System: Examining the Value and Challenges of Interviewing Legal Practitioners

In ‘Transparency and Participation in Criminal Procedure’, American Profes- sor of Law and Criminology Stephanos Bibas (2006, 911) describes the gap between those within the criminal justice system and those outside of it: A great gulf divides insiders and outsiders in the criminal justice system. The insiders who run the criminal justice system — judges, police and especially prosecutors — have information, power and self-interests that greatly influence the criminal justice system’s process and outcomes. Outsiders — crime victims, bystanders, and most of the general public — find the system frustratingly opaque, insular and unconcerned with proper retribution. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.