Topic 5: Social Control and Criminal Justice / Prosecutorial Decision-making and the Prosecutorial Process, Alternatives to trial (Sentencing and Penal Decisionmaking WG)

Victor Beltran Roman, Universidad Diego Portales

Assessing intimate partner violence legitimizing beliefs of the Portuguese Justice System agents: Implications on the investigation, prosecution and penal decision making. - Ana Isabel Moreira Lopes Morais, University of Porto - Phd. student; André Lamas Leite, Porto University - Faculty of Law; Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves, Universidade do Minho

Criminological Obstacles in Prosecuting Corporate Crime in Spain - Jordi Bonshoms-Guzmán, Pompeu Fabra University

Evidence Based Prosecution, Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines: Should we Bypass the Reluctant Victim? - Julie Shaw, Liverpool John Moores University

Mental Health and the Judiciary: A Mixed Methods Study of Behavioral Health Court Dockets - Steven Keener, Christopher Newport University

Portrait of Prosecutor-Police Dynamics in Criminal Investigations: Exploring Prosecutor's Functional Direction of the Police - Victor Beltran Roman, Universidad Diego Portales