Criminal Justice Act 2003 : a guide to the new procedures and sentencing

Criminal Justice Act 2003 : a guide to the new procedures and sentencing / Bryan Gibson ; with the assistance of Michael Watkins.

This volume looks at the processes and procedures of criminal justice as well as sentencing. It is a practical work which provides an accessible introduction with a clear focus on key aspects of the legislation and bearing on issues central to daily practice. It contains key extracts from the 2003 a...

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Main Author: Gibson, Bryan
Other Authors: Watkins, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Winchester : Waterside Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Great Britain)
Criminal justice, Administration of > Great Britain.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Acknowledgements
  • CONTENTS
  • The authors
  • Preface
  • 1 Overview of the Criminal Justice Act 2003
  • 2 Investigation, Detention and Bail
  • 3 Conditional Cautions
  • 4 Charging, Disclosure, Allocation and Sending
  • 5 Juries, 'Live Links' and Evidence
  • 6 Prosecution Appeals and the Retrial of Serious Allegations (Exceptions to 'Double Jeopardy')
  • 7 The New Sentencing Framework
  • 8 The Generic Community Order
  • 9 Prison Sentences: The New Varieties
  • 10 Dangerous Offenders
  • 11 Release and Post-custody Supervision
  • 12 Juveniles: A Note13 Miscellaneous and General Changes
  • 14 The Act in Context: A Brave New World?
  • Appendix Reasons for Decisions
  • Index

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