Author Description

This addition to the "Blackstone Statute Series" aims to fill a gap in the market for a criminal justice statute book. It sets out the relevant statutory provisions and supplementary codes of practice that are relevant to a student of criminal justice. It is structured chronologically for ease of reference, beginning with pre-trial matters such as police powers of stop and search, arrest, detention and questioning. It moves onto the instigation of criminal proceedings, including prosecutorial discretion and preliminary proceedings, and then onto trial process and subsequently remedies against the police and the appeal system. The final section looks at various sentencing provisions, covering both custodial and community sanctions.