COURTROOM - THE JUDGES' ATTITUDE AND OBSERVATIONS IN THE CRIMINAL COURTS

• NCJ Number: 28394
• Journal: Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1974) Pages: 48-56
• Author(s): P MROZYNSKI
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Carl Heymanns Verlag
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTIVE FACTORS INFLUENCING JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING IN THE WEST GERMAN CRIMINAL COURTS.

Abstract

FACTORS INCLUDE PERSONALITY, PROFESSIONAL, AND SOCIAL CLASS CHARACTERISTICS WHICH ISOLATE A JUDGE'S THINKING AND PREJUDICE HIS ASSESSMENT OF A DEFENDANT'S PERSONALITY. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE IMPLICIT CRITERIA USED BY THE COURT FOR EVALUATING THE OBJECTIVITY OF SPEECH BEHAVIOR BY DEFENDANTS AND WITNESSES. --IN GERMAN