This new handbook is an authoritative account of the criminal justice system in England and Wales that engages with the central issues common to any major criminal justice system. Compiling the thoughts and opinions of leading figures in this field of law, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of all the key areas of the system presenting a sequential account from investigation through to final appeal.
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Mike McConville is Dean of City University in Hong Kong and Professor of Law at the University of Warwick Geoffrey Wilson is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Warwick and a former Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge.
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The structure and organization of criminal justice in England and Wales are characterized by fragmentation, differences in roles and aims among institutions forming parts of the system, the absence of a single Government department responsible for criminal justice policy and implementation,and a continuing concern that crime is a growing social evil which must be brought under control without the miscarriages of justice which so frequently hit the headlines. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prison remand population, custodial legal advice, indictable offenders, police legitimation, mental condition defences, conditional bail, criminal legal aid, cautioning rate, certain serious offences, forensic science evidence, criminal defence services, community rehabilitation order, bail information schemes, mixed bench, serious fraud cases, prosecution advocate, police governance, covert policing, adversarial trial, sentence discount, youth justice services, bail process, criminal defence lawyers, prosecution material, prosecution disclosure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Home Office, Crown Court, Royal Commission, Home Secretary, European Convention, Lord Chancellor, Oxford University Press, House of Lords, Crown Prosecution Service, Northern Ireland, Police Act, United Kingdom, Clarendon Press, United States, Blackstone Press, Mental Health Act, Select Committee, Code of Practice, Criminal Cases Review Commission, High Court, Bail Act, Criminal Appeal Act, Law Society, New Zealand, Practice Direction New!
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The structure and organization of criminal justice in England and Wales are characterized by fragmentation, differences in roles and aims among institutions forming parts of the system, the absence of a single Government department responsible for criminal justice policy and implementation,and a continuing concern that crime is a growing social evil which must be brought under control without the miscarriages of justice which so frequently hit the headlines. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prison remand population, custodial legal advice, indictable offenders, police legitimation, mental condition defences, conditional bail, criminal legal aid, cautioning rate, certain serious offences, forensic science evidence, criminal defence services, community rehabilitation order, bail information schemes, mixed bench, serious fraud cases, prosecution advocate, police governance, covert policing, adversarial trial, sentence discount, youth justice services, bail process, criminal defence lawyers, prosecution material, prosecution disclosure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Home Office, Crown Court, Royal Commission, Home Secretary, European Convention, Lord Chancellor, Oxford University Press, House of Lords, Crown Prosecution Service, Northern Ireland, Police Act, United Kingdom, Clarendon Press, United States, Blackstone Press, Mental Health Act, Select Committee, Code of Practice, Criminal Cases Review Commission, High Court, Bail Act, Criminal Appeal Act, Law Society, New Zealand, Practice Direction New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Politics of the Police by Robert Reiner in Front Matter, page 42, and page 57
- The English Legal System (Concise College Texts) by K.J. Eddey on page 295, and page 308
- Race and Sentencing: A Study in the Crown Court by Roger Hood on page 560, and page 562
- Secrecy in Britain (Historical Association Studies) by Clive Ponting on page 398
- Policing Public Order: Theoretical and Practical Issues by C. Critcher on page 28
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- A World View of Criminal Justice (International and Comparative Criminal Justice) by Richard Vogler on 4 pages
- Student Handbook of Criminal Justice and Criminology by John Muncie on page 217, page 218, and page 219
- Comparative Criminal Justice by Francis Pakes in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Exercising Discretion by Loraine Gelsthorpe on page 24, and page 26
- Victims of Crime and Community Justice by Brian Williams in Back Matter
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