Criminal Justice

4. Revised Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-954131-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 848 Seiten, Format (B × H): 250 mm x 178 mm, Gewicht: 1422 g

* The authors provide a rigorous and stimulating critique of the criminal justice system, encouraging students to question the extent to which it achieves it aims

* The text includes discussion and analysis of a broad range of research, undertaken by a number of specialists including authors themselves, who are widely considered to be at the forefront of the field

* Includes summaries and selected further reading to pinpoint the key issues and to help students engage with and read around the subject

* The fourth edition is supported by an accompanying Online Resource Centre, which provides updates to the law and web links to relevant legislation and news stories

New to this edition

* An experienced new co-author, Dr. Mandy Burton, joins the writing team for the fourth edition

* The text now features chapter summaries and selected further reading lists to support the student and encourage further research

* The fourth edition is supported by a new Online Resource Centre providing updates to the law and web links to relevant legislation, news stories, and radio programmes

* The content of the book has been fully updated to include coverage of new legislation, case law, research and policy developments

* The text is informed by the authors' own specialist research into penalty notices for disorder and integrated domestic violence courts

What does it mean to be 'under arrest'? Who can limit police powers, and why do miscarriages of justice occur? The fourth edition of Criminal Justice provides a comprehensive overview of the criminal justice system in England and Wales, as well as thought-provoking insights into how it might be altered and improved. Tracing the procedures surrounding the apprehension, investigation and trial of suspected offenders, this book is the ideal companion for law and criminology students alike. As the authors combine the relevant legislation with fresh research findings and policy initiatives, the resulting text is a fascinating blend of socio-legal analysis.

Whilst retaining ist authoritative treatment of the issues at the heart of criminal justice, the fourth edition has been fully updated with recent developments, including recent terrorism legislation and the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill. Students are aided by the addition of chapter summaries and further reading lists, while a new Online Resource Centre directs them to related cases and current events, successfully highlighting the importance and ever-changing nature of the subject.

Online Resource Centre

* Updates

* Web links

Zielgruppe

Undergraduates taking criminal justice modules as part of a criminology or criminal justice degree programme, as well as and law and sociology undergraduates opting to study criminal justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sanders, Andrew

Young, Richard

Burton, Mandy

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: The aims and values of 'criminal justice'
2: Stop and search
3: Arrest
4: Detention in the police station
5: Police questioning of suspects
6: Non-interrogatory evidence
7: Prosecutions
8: The mass production of guilty pleas
9: Summary justice in the magistrates' court
10: Trial by judge and jury
11: Appeals against conviction
12: Remedying police malpractice
13: Victims, the accused and the future of criminal justice

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Sanders, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Manchester, Richard Young, Professor of Law and Policy Research, University of Bristol, and Mandy Burton, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Leicester