Davies, Croall & Tyrer's Criminal Justice, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (March 19, 2015) © 2015
Malcolm Davies

Title overview

 The 5th edition continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the Criminal Justice system. Fully up to date, it combines a description of the major agencies involved in the control of crime and the pursuit of justice with an introduction to criminal justice theory and key concepts in English criminal law.

  • Policy issues and the varied responses to crime are identified to build knowledge of current debates
  • Each chapter includes review questions and exercises, further reading, extracts from primary and secondary sources and a chronology of key dates in order to deepen understanding

This new edition has been fully updated to cover all important developments including Police and Crime Commissioners, the Sentencing Council, the National Crime Agency, responses to new forms of terrorism and historic allegations of sexual abuse.

Table of contents

  1. 1: What is criminal justice?
  2. 2: What is crime?
  3. 3: Victims and the impact of crime
  4. 4: Governmental, political and administrative context of criminal justice in England and Wales
  5. 5: Crime prevention and reduction
  6. 6: The police
  7. 7: Prosecution, caution and diversion
  8. 8: Youth justice
  9. 9: Criminal courts, judiciary and pre-trial procedures
  10. 10: The trial and establishing guilt
  11. 11: Sentencing aims and process
  12. 12: Punishment philosophies and penal paradigms
  13. 13: Prisons
  14. 14: Probation Service and community penalties
  15. 15: Conclusion

Author bios

About the author:

Professor Malcolm Davies is a criminologist and a Professor of Law at the University of West London.

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