Ed Johnston is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Procedure at the University of Northampton, UK.Anna Pivaty is Assistant Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

• Acknowledgements List of contributors Table of CasesTable of Legislation List of Abbreviations Foreword The move towards efficiency and managerialism in criminal justice: A global phenomenon ANNA PIVATY AND ED JOHNSTON1 Judging the offender: French criminal justice culture and the challenges of McDonaldization LAURÈNE SOUBISE2 New Public Management in the Dutch criminal justice chain: the effects of stratification and automation in out-of-court proceedings JOEP LINDEMAN AND NINA HOLVAST3 Introducing abstaining from prosecution and plea bargaining in Greece: Reforms towards the quest for efficiency CHARA CHIONI-CHOTOUMAN4 Bureaucratising criminal convictions in China ENSHEN LI5 ‘Through the back door’: Defence perspectives on the rise of managerialism at the expense of adversarial justice ED JOHNSTON & TOM SMITH6 New Public Management and the role of the Dutch trial judge: a critical appraisal of the possible impact ANNA PIVATY AND MARIEKE DUBELAAR7 Domestic Abuse Cases and Packer’s Conundrum: Managing Risk EMMA FORBESBibliographyIndex

Ed Johnston is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Procedure at the University of Northampton, UK.Anna Pivaty is Assistant Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

• Acknowledgements List of contributors Table of CasesTable of Legislation List of Abbreviations Foreword The move towards efficiency and managerialism in criminal justice: A global phenomenon ANNA PIVATY AND ED JOHNSTON1 Judging the offender: French criminal justice culture and the challenges of McDonaldization LAURÈNE SOUBISE2 New Public Management in the Dutch criminal justice chain: the effects of stratification and automation in out-of-court proceedings JOEP LINDEMAN AND NINA HOLVAST3 Introducing abstaining from prosecution and plea bargaining in Greece: Reforms towards the quest for efficiency CHARA CHIONI-CHOTOUMAN4 Bureaucratising criminal convictions in China ENSHEN LI5 ‘Through the back door’: Defence perspectives on the rise of managerialism at the expense of adversarial justice ED JOHNSTON & TOM SMITH6 New Public Management and the role of the Dutch trial judge: a critical appraisal of the possible impact ANNA PIVATY AND MARIEKE DUBELAAR7 Domestic Abuse Cases and Packer’s Conundrum: Managing Risk EMMA FORBESBibliographyIndex

Ed Johnston is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Procedure at the University of Northampton, UK.Anna Pivaty is Assistant Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

• Acknowledgements List of contributors Table of CasesTable of Legislation List of Abbreviations Foreword The move towards efficiency and managerialism in criminal justice: A global phenomenon ANNA PIVATY AND ED JOHNSTON1 Judging the offender: French criminal justice culture and the challenges of McDonaldization LAURÈNE SOUBISE2 New Public Management in the Dutch criminal justice chain: the effects of stratification and automation in out-of-court proceedings JOEP LINDEMAN AND NINA HOLVAST3 Introducing abstaining from prosecution and plea bargaining in Greece: Reforms towards the quest for efficiency CHARA CHIONI-CHOTOUMAN4 Bureaucratising criminal convictions in China ENSHEN LI5 ‘Through the back door’: Defence perspectives on the rise of managerialism at the expense of adversarial justice ED JOHNSTON & TOM SMITH6 New Public Management and the role of the Dutch trial judge: a critical appraisal of the possible impact ANNA PIVATY AND MARIEKE DUBELAAR7 Domestic Abuse Cases and Packer’s Conundrum: Managing Risk EMMA FORBESBibliographyIndex