Human Rights in the Investigation and Prosecution of Crime

• Deals in turn with the practical impact of human rights on each area of criminal practice - from arrest and detention in police custody, court procedure, evidence, sentencing, and appeals
• Provides a comprehensive examination of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), assessing and exploring the relationship between human rights and police investigatory and surveillance powers
• Covers all aspects of criminal procedure from arrest, to trial and sentence
• Includes specialist chapters on sentence, extradition, mental health, and the media
• Builds on earlier book, Criminal Justice, Police Powers and Human Rights (Blackstone Press, 2001)

This new book is partly based on an earlier book,

(Blackstone's, 2001), which was published immediately after the Human Rights Act came into force. The subsequent developments in the criminal justice/human rights field have been so numerous, that a new dedicated text on the subject is required as opposed to just a new edition of the authors' previous book.

This new book provides a detailed and practical analysis of the impact of UK human rights law on the investigation and prosecution of crime. It deals systematically with the various stages of investigation, arrest and detention in police custody, court procedure, evidence, sentencing, and appeals. The narrative provides a comprehensive, in-depth examination of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), looking in detail at the relationship between human rights and police investigatory and surveillance powers.

The book is aimed directly at practitioners, and is logically divided into chapters dealing with a particular aspect of human rights in relation to the criminal process, including; the interception of communications and surveillance and intelligence issues; arrest and detention; bail; disclosure; mental health and capacity; sentencing; the rights of victims; extradition; and proceeds of crime.

Readership: Primary market: Criminal law practitioners and judges seeking an analysis of criminal law from a human rights perspective. Secondary market: Academics; law students; senior police officers; and journalists.