Criminal Justice Centre 2022/23 Term 1 Events
Workshop - Professionals at the sharp end of criminal justice: The price of McDonaldization
The workshop will revolve around two key questions:
- How has the metamorphosis of criminal justice affected the idea of professionalism in criminal justice? What has happened with professionals鈥� discretion and their autonomy? How has the role of judge, prosecutor and defence lawyer changed?
- How have the changes affected professionals and their well-being? Is there greater emotional labour involved in this new reality of emphasised productivity and changing expectations, changes in working routines and habits, the increased public and media attention and scrutiny? How do professionals cope?
The workshop will explore these issues using two double lenses: a comparative one seeking parallels and differences between two very different legal systems: England and Wales on the one hand, and Slovenia on the other hand; and an epistemological one combining the viewpoints of academics and practitioners working in the respective systems.
The aim of the workshop is to begin a discussion on these issues and identify the most relevant themes on which future research should focus. Participants are warmly encouraged to participate actively in the discussion regardless of their type of participation – online and live.
In order to be more inclusive, the conference will be held in a hybrid form; live in the conference room of the Institute of Advanced Studies and online via MSTeams.
Attendance is free, but participants must register via email at lora.briski@pf.uni-lj.si first to secure a place.
More details about the workshop can be found on the webpage by clicking this link.Link opens in a new window