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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Main Author: Konstantin Vladimirovich Skoblik
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Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2022-08-01
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Online Access:https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1355
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description 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
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Coping with the undesired consequences of jury reform
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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
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topic Russian criminal justice system
jury reform
crime control model
autopoiesis
acquittals prevention strategies
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