The Criminal Process

4. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-954728-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 870 g

The fourth edition of The Criminal Process continues in the tradition of previous editions in providing an insightful and stimulating analysis of the key issues in criminal processes and procedures.

Two of the leading figures in the field, Andrew Ashworth and Mike Redmayne, draw on arguments from the law, research, policy, and principle, to present an authoritative overview of this area of study. This edition includes a new chapter on the interface between criminal and civil (preventive) justice, and the addition of questions for discussion and suggested readings at the end of each chapter to facilitate debate and further research.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate and postgraduate students studying criminal justice and criminology, as well as academics and practitioners interested in the criminal justice system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ashworth, Andrew

Redmayne, Mike

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction to the English criminal process
2: Towards a framework for evaluation
3: Ethics, conflicts and conduct
4: Questioning
5: Gathering evidence: reliability, privacy, and bodily integrity
6: Gatekeeping and diversion
7: Prosecutions
8: Remands before trial
9: Pre-trial issues: disclosure, delay, and abuse of process
10: Plea
11: The trial
12: Appeals
13: Avoiding criminal process
14: Criminal process values

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Ashworth is Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College. He is the author of numerous books in the areas of criminal law and criminal justice.

Mike Redmayne is Professor of Law at London School of Economics and Political Science. He has written widely in the areas of evidence and criminal procedure.