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External Knowledge in Court - A Qualitative Study Regarding how Swedish Judges Handle and Perceive Specialized Knowledge from Professionals

Pawlicka, Monika LU (2021) SOLM02 20211
Department of Sociology of Law
Abstract
This study investigates the inner workings of the juridical field when faced with specialized knowledge from professionals, specifically from dog handlers. As such, the study wishes to explore how the Swedish courts understands the law’s division of information providers into witnesses and experts, how information challenges are solved and if other factors may influence how courts handle and perceive the provided information. Seven semi-structured interviews have been conducted with judges at the Swedish lower courts, to gather empirical data regarding this subject. By using Pierre Bourdieu’s field, capital, and habitus concept, it is argued that both the different resources that an agent possesses as well as his or hers internalized... (More)
This study investigates the inner workings of the juridical field when faced with specialized knowledge from professionals, specifically from dog handlers. As such, the study wishes to explore how the Swedish courts understands the law’s division of information providers into witnesses and experts, how information challenges are solved and if other factors may influence how courts handle and perceive the provided information. Seven semi-structured interviews have been conducted with judges at the Swedish lower courts, to gather empirical data regarding this subject. By using Pierre Bourdieu’s field, capital, and habitus concept, it is argued that both the different resources that an agent possesses as well as his or hers internalized schemes of understanding affect how the information from the police field is
understood within the juridical field. (Less)
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author
Pawlicka, Monika LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOLM02 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
juridical field, police field, judge, expert, witness, “expert-witness”, dog handler, police officer, capital, habitus.
language
English
id
9058860
date added to LUP
2021-07-07 12:39:06
date last changed
2021-07-07 12:39:06
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  abstract     = {{This study investigates the inner workings of the juridical field when faced with specialized knowledge from professionals, specifically from dog handlers. As such, the study wishes to explore how the Swedish courts understands the law’s division of information providers into witnesses and experts, how information challenges are solved and if other factors may influence how courts handle and perceive the provided information. Seven semi-structured interviews have been conducted with judges at the Swedish lower courts, to gather empirical data regarding this subject. By using Pierre Bourdieu’s field, capital, and habitus concept, it is argued that both the different resources that an agent possesses as well as his or hers internalized schemes of understanding affect how the information from the police field is
understood within the juridical field.}},
  author       = {{Pawlicka, Monika}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{External Knowledge in Court - A Qualitative Study Regarding how Swedish Judges Handle and Perceive Specialized Knowledge from Professionals}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}