Beschreibung:
Ursula Smartt is senior lecturer at the School of Law, Faculty of Professional Studies, Thames Valley University
'This book is a triumph in its clarity, scholarship and sheer scope. It is increasingly vital that criminologists understand crime and the criminal justice system in depth, and Ursula Smartt unmasks the mysteries and lays bare the complexities of law like few other writers on the subject. This is the book on criminal law that should be on the shelf of everyone connected to the criminal law'
IntroductionWhat Determines a Criminal Today?The Legal System of England and WalesThe Legal Systems of Scotland and Northern IrelandEuropean Union law and EU law enforcementEssential Criminal LawThe Criminal ProcessPunishment and Sentencing Human Rights LegislationYoung People and the Law