NCJ Number
178678
Date Published
1998
Length
364 pages
Annotation
This book describes an integrated treatment of questions of principle and practice in pretrial processes and procedures.
Abstract
The book examines six key issues in the pretrial process: questioning of suspects, cautioning of offenders, prosecutorial review, remand decisions, mode of trial decisions and plea bargaining. It brings principled argument and research findings to bear on legal developments such as the provisions on adverse inferences from silence in the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; forthcoming changes in the cautioning of young offenders; the new system of “plea before venue” for cases that might otherwise be committed to the Crown Court; and the statutory and other inducements for defendants to enter a guilty plea. The book also assesses criticisms of the Crown Prosecution Service and places the controversial aspects of pretrial justice within the framework of human rights. Abbreviations, tables, notes, appendix, bibliography, index