Title: Overcoming Barriers in the Criminal Justice System: Examining the Value and Challenges of Interviewing Legal Practitioners
Abstract: In 'Transparency and Participation in Criminal Procedure', American Profes- sor of Law and Criminology Stephanos Bibas (2006, 911) describes the gap between those within the criminal justice system and those outside of it: A great gulf divides insiders and outsiders in the criminal justice system. The insiders who run the criminal justice system — judges, police and especially prosecutors — have information, power and self-interests that greatly influence the criminal justice system's process and outcomes. Outsiders — crime victims, bystanders, and most of the general public — find the system frustratingly opaque, insular and unconcerned with proper retribution.