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.

• Preface


• Introduction


• 1: Professor Robin White: The Structure and Organization of Criminal Justice in England and Wales: An Overview


• 2: Professor Robert Reiner: The Organization and Accountability of the Police


• 3: Dr Satnam Choongh: Police Investigative Powers


• 4: Sybil Sharpe: Covert Surveillance and the Use of Informants


• 5: Professor Mike Maguire: Regulating the Police Station: the Case of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984


• 6: Professor Ed Cape: Assisting and Advising Defendants Before Trial


• 7: Dr Anthea Hucklesby: Bail in Criminal Cases


• 8: Professor Lee Bridges: The Right to Representation and Legal Aid


• 9: Professor Andrew Sanders: The System of Prosecution


• 10: Rob Allen: Alternatives to Prosecution


• 11: Professor Sir John Smith QC: Evidence in Criminal Cases


• 12: Roger Leng: The Exchange of Information and Disclosure


• 13: John Sprack: Publicity Surrounding the Trial


• 14: Professor Jenny McEwan: Special Measures for Witnesses and Victims


• 15: Dr Paul Roberts: Science, Experts and Criminal Justice


• 16: Dr Penny Darbyshire: Magistrates


• 17: Mr Stephen Solley QC: The Role of the Advocate


• 18: Sir Philip Otton: The Role of the Judge in Criminal Cases


• 19: Professor John Jackson: The Adversary Trail and Trial by Judge Alone


• 20: Professor Mike McConville: Plea Bargaining


• 21: Professor Sean Doran: Trial by Jury


• 22: Ms Nicola Padfield: Juvenile Justice


• 23: Professor Mike Levi: Economic Crime


• 24: Professor Ronnie MacKay: Mentally Abnormal Offenders - Disposal and Criminal Responsibility Issues


• 25: Dr David Thomas QC: The Sentencing Process


• 26: Professor Rosemary Pattenden: Criminal Appeals: The Purpose of Criminal Appeals


• 27: Professor Clive Walker: Miscarriages of Justice and the Correction of Error


• 28: Dr Carolyn Hoyle and Dr Richard Young: Restorative Justice: Assessing the Prospects and Pitfalls


• 29: Professor Keith Bottomley: Research, Statistics and Knowledge of Crime

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 Queens' College, Cambridge.