Prawnicy w natarciu? Strategie negocjacji statusu przestępcy w toku procesu karnego

Abstract

The aim of the research was to investigate which elements of actions of criminal trial participants lead to criminalizing offenses and labeling offenders as “criminals.” The research was based on labeling theory in criminology and Goffman’s dramaturgical analysis and his perspective of social role. In-depth interviews with professional lawyers and analysis of recordings of court hearings available on YouTube were conducted. The findings of the research project allow answering the question: how lawyers define the strategies for negotiating the status of a criminal during the criminal trial. There were distinguished five strategies: objectivization of opinions, the weight of arguments, “doubts creating,” referring to the authority, and highlighting professionalism.

Keywords

• labelling theory
• dramaturgical analysis
• sociology of law
• courtroom
• criminal trial
• crime offenders labelling
• teoria naznaczania społecznego
• metafora teatralna
• socjologia prawa
• sala sądowa
• proces karny
• naznaczanie sprawców przestępstw