Confronting judicial misconduct

Abstract

‘Bent judges’ have long assumed an entertaining place in popular culture, though ‘black collar crime’ has not been widely covered in academic scholarship. Given the central importance of judges in the justice system, it is surprising that judicial misconduct has not received more attention. Judicial misconduct is an important form of corruption with potentially serious sequelae. When judicial decision-making is corrupt, the office of judge is misused. Decisions are made to serve private interests, rather than the greater good.

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Lynne Wrennall

Dr Lynne Wrennall is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University