Product Description

This book offers a clear explanation and critical analysis of the criminal justice system and of all the major stages of an investigation including both pre-trial and trial processes. The authors discuss the principles and theories behind how the criminal justice system operates, and tackle the controversial issues that continue to permeate the subject, including: policing and police powers, the prosecution process, the rights of suspects and victims, court processes, and appeals against conviction. Whilst no system can ever be perfect, the authors carefully consider each element of it, and then pose the important question: why do miscarriages of justice occur? Now in its third edition, this book has been thoroughly revised and updated to take into account recent developments in the criminal justice system. Each chapter incorporates a unique combination of traditional legal material, empirical research findings, and socio-legal analysis, making this book suitable for students of law, criminology, and social science.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101185 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 760 pages

About the Author
Andrew Sanders taught at Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford and Bristol, before taking up his current post in August 2000. Since September 2004 he has been Head of the School of Law. His main teaching and research interests are in criminal law, criminology and criminal justice. Most of his research is socio-legal in nature, and has covered aspects of court processes, prosecutions, police powers, and the involvement of victims in the criminal justice system.

Customer Reviews

Good all round
This book is particularly good for getting information for writing law essays. It is written with a socio-legal approach in mind, rather than a black letter law approach. It approaches many of the key arguments and also cites a lot of excellent evidence, both of which will be very useful to the law student.

Useful book
This is useful for anyone studyinjg the criminal justice system, it helped me pas my last essay with a first.