Coping with the undesired consequences of jury reform
The historical development of the Soviet-Russian Criminal Justice System shows that there are ongoing negative attitudes towards acquittals amongst law enforcement agencies in Russia. Each period of acquittal rate rise is scrupulously monitored and controlled. Today, an acquittals spike in modern R...
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The historical development of the Soviet-Russian Criminal Justice System shows that there are ongoing negative attitudes towards acquittals amongst law enforcement agencies in Russia. Each period of acquittal rate rise is scrupulously monitored and controlled. Today, an acquittals spike in modern Russia is happening by virtue of Jury Reform, which has broadened the jury trial to the level of District Courts. By drawing on qualitative data from the observation of trials by jury, this paper explores the set of strategies and tactics, which the Criminal Justice System deploys to increase chances of reaching a guilty verdict by jury. The most frequently used strategies include manipulation in communication, trial “recursion”, trial acceleration, and system’s learning. The theoretical basis of research acknowledges N. Luhmann’s theory of autopoietic social systems and the Crime Control Model of H. Packer.
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spelling | doaj-art-366bf5feb7ed4c0c9f1a10e4c4a2db242024-11-25T14:41:21ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712022-08-0112410.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-12682332Coping with the undesired consequences of jury reformKonstantin Vladimirovich Skoblik0RANEPA The historical development of the Soviet-Russian Criminal Justice System shows that there are ongoing negative attitudes towards acquittals amongst law enforcement agencies in Russia. Each period of acquittal rate rise is scrupulously monitored and controlled. Today, an acquittals spike in modern Russia is happening by virtue of Jury Reform, which has broadened the jury trial to the level of District Courts. By drawing on qualitative data from the observation of trials by jury, this paper explores the set of strategies and tactics, which the Criminal Justice System deploys to increase chances of reaching a guilty verdict by jury. The most frequently used strategies include manipulation in communication, trial “recursion”, trial acceleration, and system’s learning. The theoretical basis of research acknowledges N. Luhmann’s theory of autopoietic social systems and the Crime Control Model of H. Packer. https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1355Russian criminal justice systemjury reformcrime control modelautopoiesisacquittals prevention strategies |
spellingShingle | Konstantin Vladimirovich Skoblik Coping with the undesired consequences of jury reform Oñati Socio-Legal Series Russian criminal justice system jury reform crime control model autopoiesis acquittals prevention strategies |
title | Coping with the undesired consequences of jury reform |
title_full | Coping with the undesired consequences of jury reform |
title_fullStr | Coping with the undesired consequences of jury reform |
title_full_unstemmed | Coping with the undesired consequences of jury reform |
title_short | Coping with the undesired consequences of jury reform |
title_sort | coping with the undesired consequences of jury reform |
topic | Russian criminal justice system jury reform crime control model autopoiesis acquittals prevention strategies |
url | https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1355 |
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