This book examines the principles and theories behind how the criminal justice system operates, and tackles the controversial issues that surround it. The authors encourage readers to question the extent to which the criminal justicesystem achieves its aims. INDICE: 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
- ISBN: 978-0-19-954131-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 848
- Fecha Publicación: 15/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés