PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED - IMPROVING THE PERSUASIVENESS OF CRIMINAL-JUSTICE RESEARCH

This paper advances an. argument about the need to improve the persuas iveness of criminal justice research, through an examination of two qu alitative studies on the police and defence lawyers. It is suggested t hat research which addresses a range of moral and political perspectiv es in the criminal justice system, and is more sensitive to the practi cal content of day-to-day work, offers the possibility of more effecti ve policy interventions, and a more productive relationship between pr actitioners and academics.