'F**k this game I'm off': financial and emotional factors in declining legal representation in miscarriage of justice cases
'F**k this game I'm off': financial and emotional factors in declining legal representation in miscarriage of justice cases
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“去他妈的这个游戏，我不玩了”：在误判案件中拒绝法律代表的经济和情感因素
DOI：
10.1111/jols.12380
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
CLARKE A
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CLARKE A
在本文中，我们使用来自45名刑事辩护律师的采访数据，研究了向刑事案件审查委员会（CCRC）申请的公共资助代表性下降的原因。在这样做时，我们特别注意财务和情感因素的相对重要性。我们的分析发现，与法律的援助变化相关的财务因素是公共资助的代表性下降的重要驱动因素，但CCRC工作的财务不可行性也受到情感因素的影响。这些问题包括不安全感、满意度低以及感觉得不到承认和赞赏，表现为薪酬水平低，并因与外部各方关系不佳而加剧。因此，情感因素联合收割机与经济因素结合，减少了政府资助的咨询服务的供应，并阻止初级律师专门从事这一特殊领域的实践。
In this article, we use data from interviews with 45 criminal defence lawyers to examine the reasons behind a decline in publicly funded representation in applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). In doing so, we pay particular attention to the relative significance of financial and emotional factors. Our analysis finds that financial factors related to changes to legal aid are significant drivers of a decline in publicly funded representation, but that the financial unviability of CCRC work is also compounded by emotional factors. These include a sense of insecurity, low levels of satisfaction, and a perceived lack of recognition and appreciation, symbolized by low levels of remuneration and exacerbated by poor relationships with external parties. Emotional factors thus combine with financial factors to reduce the supply of publicly funded advice and deter junior lawyers from specializing in this niche area of practice.