The Handbook of the Criminal Justice Process
Contributors: Mike McConville (Editor); Geoffrey Wilson (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: October 19, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 581
ISBN-13: 9780199253951
First sentence: 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.
Description: This work is a new and authoritative account of the criminal justice system in England and Wales that engages with the central issues common to any major criminal justice system.