Blackstone's Guide to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 [Paperback]

This book analyses, explains, and evaluates the Government's flagship criminal justice legislation, the Criminal Justice Act 2003. It provides an accessible commentary on the wide ranging and complex changes introduced by the Act, which will leave few areas of the criminal justice system untouched. Anyone working in the Criminal Justice System or interested in its operation will welcome this guide, which provides invaluable insights into the purposes of the Act and a detailed explanation of its provisions.

Introduction: Background and progress through Parliament
1. Amendments to PACE
2. Bail, cautions, and charging
3. Disclosure
4. Allocation and transfer of offences and live links
5. Trials on indictment without a jury
6. Prosecution appeals
7. Double jeopardy - retrial for serious offences
8. Evidence of bad character, including previous convictions
9. Hearsay evidence
10. General sentencing provisions
11. Community sentences and fines
12. Short, intermittent, and suspended prison sentences
13. Requirements in community sentences and prison sentences
14. Dangerous offenders
15. Sentencing and allocation guidelines
16. Release on licence
17. Miscellaneous
Appendix
Text of the Criminal Justice Act 2003

Richard Tayloris Professor of English Law and Head of School at Lancashire Law School, University of Central Lancashire.Martin Wasikis Professor of Criminal Justice at Keele University, and Chairman of the Sentencing Advisory Panel.Roger Lengis Reader in Law at Warwick University.