Criminal justice in Scotland
By: edited by Peter Duff and Neil Hutton.
Contributors: Duff, Peter, 1954-; Hutton, Neil, 1953-
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, Vt., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- Scotland.; Crime -- Scotland.
Description: "Scottish criminal law and procedure are very different from their counterparts elsewhere in the United Kingdom. This book is the first socio-legal account of the Scottish criminal justice process and its constituent institutions. Its aims are: to explain the operation of the various elements which make up the 'system'; to summarise the considerable volume of relevant Scottish research; and to locate this knowledge within contemporary theorising about criminal justice."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-412).