Details
- Written by two of the leading figures in the field; readers can be sure of insightful and authoritative coverage
- Provides invaluable critical analysis of the key criminal processes and procedures, encouraging in the reader a questioning approach
- The authors' clarity of expression makes even the more difficult concepts readily accessible
New to this edition
- A new chapter on the interface between criminal and civil (preventative) justice
- Additional coverage of contemporary issues, on the treatment of victims, and on diversity and discrimination within the criminal justice process
- Further reading suggestions and discussion questions have been introduced at the end of each chapter to support teaching and learning
The fourth edition of The Criminal Process continues in the tradition of previous editions in providing an insightful and stimulating analysis of the key issues in criminal processes and procedures.
Two of the leading figures in the field, Andrew Ashworth and Mike Redmayne, draw on arguments from the law, research, policy, and principle, to present an authoritative overview of this area of study. This edition includes a new chapter on the interface between criminal and civil (preventive) justice, and the addition of questions for discussion and suggested readings at the end of each chapter to facilitate debate and further research.
Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students studying criminal justice and criminology, as well as academics and practitioners interested in the criminal justice system.
1: Introduction to the English criminal process2: Towards a framework for evaluation3: Ethics, conflicts and conduct4: Questioning5: Gathering evidence: reliability, privacy, and bodily integrity6: Gatekeeping and diversion7: Prosecutions8: Remands before trial9: Pre-trial issues: disclosure, delay, and abuse of process10: Plea11: The trial12: Appeals13: Avoiding criminal process14: Criminal process values
Andrew Ashworth, Vinerian Professor of English Law, University of Oxford and Fellow, All Souls College, and Mike Redmayne, Professor of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science
Review(s) from previous edition
"This is a scintillating, original, and stimulating book ... Ashworth's book takes a panoramic view. The range of values and principles it discusses is wide ... informative, very well-written, and cogent. Everyone who is interested in criminal procedure should read it - Cambridge Law Journal
"[Ashworth] is mindful of the broader social and political issues that surround the criminal justice system, as well as the narrower 'policy' concerns, often of an economic kind, that inform current government thinking. His ability to bring this together is truly impressive ... The Criminal Process is an invaluable analysis of the defects and failures of the pre-trial process with regard to the suspect. It brings together a formindable array of legal and socio-legal materials" - Public Law
"There has until now been no systematic academic treatment of [the criminal process] in this country. It is this gap that Andrew Ashworth's book seeks to fill, and fills it comprehensively and imaginatively ... Ashworth's argument displays a breathtaking command of the intricacies of criminal justice practices." - Times Higher Education
"The Criminal Process is a thought-provoking and academically stimulating text. It is superbly balanced and explains the key principles of the criminal process. It also explores in excellent detail the various arguments for and against them. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone interested in criminal law or criminology" - Student Law Journal
