Criminal Justice In Europe A Comparative Study

by Fennell, Phil; Harding, Christopher i C.; Jörg, Nico; Swart, Bert

• ISBN13: 9780198258070
• ISBN10: 0198258070
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-06-29
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This new book is the product of a six-year association between the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology at the University of Utrecht and the Law Schools of the University of Wales. It contains eighteen comparative studies on criminal justice in the Netherlands, England, and Wales, concentrating on the central themes of the convergence of the adversarial (British) and inquisitorial (Dutch) systems of justice, and the increasing "Europeanization" of each by an ever-increasing body of European law. It will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners interested in prison law and prison law reform, as well as lawyers and professionals working in the criminal justice system.

Table of Contents

Criminal Justice in the Netherlands

The Evolution of Criminal Justice Policy in the UK

Are Inquisitiorial and Adversarial Systems Converging?

The European Convention on Human Rights and Criminal Justice in the Netherlands and the UK

Intergovernmental Co-operation in the Field of Criminal Law

The European Community and Criminal Law

Discretion and Accountability in Prosecution: A Comparative Perspective on Keeping Crime Out of Court

Managing the Drug Problem - Tolerance or Prohibition?

Diversion, Europeanization and the Mentally Disordered Offender

Diversion in English and Dutch Juvenile Justice

Prosecutors, Examining Judges and Control of Police Investigations

Police Detention in the UK and the Netherlands

DNA Profiling and the Use of Expert Scientific Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings

Witness Evidence, Article Six of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Principle of Open Justice

Protection of and Compensation for Victims of Crime

Sentencing Practice, Policy and Discretion

Prisoners' Rights in the Netherlands and England and Wales

The Transfer of Prisoners

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