This book arises from a three-year study of Preventive Justice directed by Professor Andrew Ashworth and Professor Lucia Zedner at the University of Oxford. The study seeks to develop an account of the principles and values that should guide and limit the state's use of preventive techniques that involve coercion against the individual. States today are increasingly using criminal law or criminal law-like tools to try to prevent or reduce the risk of anticipated future harm. Such measures include criminalizing conduct at an early stage in order to allow authorities to intervene; incapacitating suspected future wrongdoers; and imposing extended sentences or indefinate on past wrongdoers on the basis of their predicted future conduct - all in the name of public protection and security. The chief justification for the state's use of coercion is protecting the public from harm. Although the rationales and justifications of state punishment have been explored extensively, the scope, limits and principles of preventive justice have attracted little doctrinal or conceptual analysis. This book re-assesses the foundations for the range of coercive measures that states now take in the name of prevention and public protection, focussing particularly on coercive measures involving deprivation of liberty. It examines whether these measures are justified, whether they distort the proper boundaries between criminal and civil law, or whether they signal a larger change in the architecture of security. In so doing, it sets out to establish a framework for what we call 'Preventive Justice'.

Preventive Justice (Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice)

Zedner, Lucia

ASHWORTH, ANDREW

Criminal Law

Oxford University Press

This book arises from a three-year study of Preventive Justice directed by Professor Andrew Ashworth and Professor Lucia Zedner at the University of Oxford. The study seeks to develop an account of the principles and values that should guide and limit the state's use of preventive techniques that involve coercion against the individual. States today are increasingly using criminal law or criminal law-like tools to try to prevent or reduce the risk of anticipated future harm. Such measures include criminalizing conduct at an early stage in order to allow authorities to intervene; incapacitating suspected future wrongdoers; and imposing extended sentences or indefinite on past wrongdoers on the basis of their predicted future conduct - all in the name of public protection and security. The chief justification for the state's use of coercion is protecting the public from harm. Although the rationales and justifications of state punishment have been explored extensively, the scope, limits and principles of preventive justice have attracted little doctrinal or conceptual analysis. This book re-assesses the foundations for the range of coercive measures that states now take in the name of prevention and public protection, focusing particularly on coercive measures involving deprivation of liberty. It examines whether these measures are justified, whether they distort the proper boundaries between criminal and civil law, or whether they signal a larger change in the architecture of security. In so doing, it sets out to establish a framework for what we call 'Preventive Justice'.

Principles of Criminal Law (Clarendon Law Series)

The foremost aim of this book is to raise questions about the doctrine as well as the rules of criminal law and to examine some of the principles and policies at work in the shaping of the criminal law by the legislature, the courts, the law reform bodies, and academic commentators. This process of examination does not start from the assumption that the criminal law is grounded in a stable set of established doctrines. A more realistic view is that the arguments and assumptions which influence the development of the criminal law form a disparate group, sometimes conflicting and sometimes invoked selectively.;One task is to identify the principles and policies which appear to play a major part, sometimes a part not openly avowed in the reasoning of the courts or the commentators. Then questions are raised about each of these doctrines. Are they soundly based, in moral or social terms? How are they related to the proper aims, forms, and limits of the criminal sanction in modern Western societies? Are there other principles and policies which would be more appropriate? For example, many writers on English criminal law, and some judges, assume, often with little discussion, that fairne

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Principles of Criminal Law introduces readers to a broader and deeper understanding of criminal law through a study of the principles and policies underlying it. Exploring the major spheres of criminal liability, the book raises questions about the proper limits of the criminal law, the relative seriousness of harms, the various principles grounded in fairness to individuals, policies designed to further the aims of criminal law, and ideas of criminal culpability. In an area of law becoming larger and more complex each year, this invaluable study provides a sharp focus upon the structure of the criminal law, the reasons behind it, and the context in which it operates.

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The Criminal Process: An Evaluative Study

In recent years the English criminal justice system has been shaken by certain notorious cases such as the Guildford Four, the Birmingham Six, and the Cardiff Three. The quashing of convictions in these and other cases has brought to public notice the structural deficiencies which exist in the criminal justice system.In this book Professor Ashworth addresses one of the most controversial areas of the entire criminal process: the pre-trial stage. Taking as his starting point the detention of suspects in police custody, the author examines six key issues in the pre-trial process: the questioning of suspects, cautioning of offenders, prosecutorial review, remand decisions, mode of trial decisions, and plea bargaining.Drawing upon empirical research, substantive law, and official guidance, the author considers how the rights of victims and defendants are promoted within the system, and in particular considers the potential impact of the European Convention of Human Rights on the administration of criminal justice in England and Wales. The recommendations of the 1993 Royal Commission on Criminal Justice are critically appraised.

In recent years the English criminal justice system has been shaken by certain notorious cases such as the Guilford Four, the Birmingham Six, and the Cardiff Three. The quashing of convictions in these and other cases has brought to public notice the structural deficiencies which exist in the criminal justice system. In this work, Ashworth addresses one of the most controversial areas of the entire criminal process: the pre-trial stage. Taking as his starting point the detention of suspects in police custody, the author examines six key issues in the pre-trial process: the questioning of suspects, cautioning of offenders, prosecutorial review, remand decisions, mode of trial decisions, and plea bargaining. Drawing upon empirical research, substantive law, and official guidance, the author examines six key issues in the pre-trial process: the questioning of suspects, cautioning of offenders, prosecutorial review, remand decisions, mode of trial decisions, and plea bargaining. Drawing upon empirical research, substantive law, and official guidance, the author considers how the rights of victims and defendants are promoted within the system, and in particular considers the potential impact of the European Convention of Human Rights on the administration of criminal justice in England and Wales, together with a critical appraisal of the 1993 Royal Commission on Criminal Justice.

The Criminal Law is an immensely complex and fascinating subject, and it is becoming larger and more complex each year. The aim of this book is to introduce British criminal law through a study of its underlying principles and policies. Exploring the major spheres of criminal liability, the book raises questions about the proper limit of the Criminal law, the relative seriousness of harms, the various principles grounded in fairness to individuals, policies designed to further the aims of Criminal Law, and ideas of criminal culpability. Now in its second edition, this hugely popular textbook has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate all major changes to the law as at January 1995. In particular, this new edition offers a more in-depth analysis of substantive law - with almost twice as many cases cited, whilst retaining its theoretical and contextual framework. This volume will continue to prove an invaluable introduction to the criminal law.

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The Criminal Law is an immensely complex and fascinating subject, and it is becoming larger and more complex each year. The aim of this book is to introduce British criminal law through a study of its underlying principles and policies. Exploring the major spheres of criminal liability, the book raises questions about the proper limit of the Criminal law, the relative seriousness of harms, the various principles grounded in fairness to individuals, policies designed to further the aims of Criminal Law, and ideas of criminal culpability.  Now in its second edition, this hugely popular textbook has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate all major changes to the law as at January 1995.  In particular, this new edition offers a more in-depth analysis of substantive law - with almost twice as many cases cited, whilst retaining its theoretical and contextual framework.  This volume will continue to prove an invaluable introduction to the criminal law.

The Criminal Process addresses one of the most controversial areas of the entire criminal process: the pre-trial stage. Taking as his starting point the detention of suspects in policy custody, the author examines six key issues in the pre-trial process; the questioning of suspects, cautioning of offenders, prosecutorial review, remand decisions, mode of trial decisions, and plea bargaining. In this second edition the European Convention on Human Rights is given even greater prominence, in view of the Human Rights Acts 1998. The book brings principled argument and recent 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; the 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. This new edition also assesses recent criticisms of the Crown Prosecution Service, and places the controversial aspects of pre-trial justice within the framework of human rights. The book will continue to be the ideal text for all students of criminal justice and criminology, as well as academics and practitioners interested in the criminal justice system.

Oxford Univ. Pr.

This is a new edition of a hugely popular textbook, which has been designed to introduced students to criminal law through a study of the principles and policies underlying it. Exploring the major spheres of criminal liability, the book raises questions about the proper limits of the criminal law, the relative seriousness of harms, the various principles grounded in fairness to individuals, policies designed to further the aims of the criminal law, and ideas of criminal culpability. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include discussion of all major developments since 1991, and has been expanded to provide more coverage of substantive law.

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Preventive Justice (Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice)

Preventive Justice (Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice)

Principles of Criminal Law (Clarendon Law Series)

Principles of Criminal Law (Clarendon Law Series)

The Criminal Process: An Evaluative Study

The Criminal Process: An Evaluative Study

Principles of Criminal Law (Clarendon Law Series)

Principles of Criminal Law (Clarendon Law Series)

The Criminal Process: An Evaluative Study

The Criminal Process: An Evaluative Study