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Chapter 28

There are now several texts on criminal justice, many of which cover sentencing and penal policy as well as the earlier stages discussed in this chapter; the pick of the bunch is L. Zedner, Criminal Justice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Most textbooks take either a 'legal' or a 'social policy' approach. Two texts which integrate legal and sociological material, and which do not discuss sentencing and penal policy, are A. Ashworth and M. Redmayne, The Criminal Process, 3rd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005) and A. Sanders and R. Young, Criminal Justice, 3rd edn (London: OUP, 2006). These books utilize contrasting theoretical frameworks: Ashworth and Redmayne adopt a human rights approach, while Sanders and Young use Packer's crime-control and due-process models for descriptive purposes and the freedom perspective as a prescriptive guide. For a detailed legal treatment see D. Clark, Bevan and Lidstone's The Investigation of Crime (London: LexisNexis, 2004).

Among the edited collections, N. Lacey (ed.), Criminal Justice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994) provides a broad selection of previously published articles and book extracts, while T. Newburn (ed.), Policing: Key Readings (Cullompton, Devon: Willan, 2005) does exactly what it says on the tin. Original essays may be found in the same editor's Handbook of Policing (Cullompton, Devon: Willan, 2003). C. Walker and K. Starmer (eds), Miscarriages of Justice: A Review of Justice in Error (London: Blackstone, 1999) takes miscarriages of justice as its theme. All the chapters are written for the volume but summarize the salient issues arising from the main stages of the pre-trial and trial process. Another useful collection is M. McConville and G. Wilson (eds), Handbook of Criminal Procedure (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).

Among the monographs in this area of work, D. McBarnet, Conviction (London: Macmillan, 1981) is still well worth reading for its analysis of the relationship between legal rules and the reality of the criminal justice system. Lawyers receive critical scrutiny from M. McConville, J. Hodgson, L. Bridges, and A. Pavlovic, Standing Accused (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994). High-quality monographs which blend theory with strong empirical analysis include I. Loader, Youth, Policing and Democracy (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1996), C. Hoyle, Negotiating Domestic Violence (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998), S. Choongh, Policing as Social Discipline (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997) and K. Hawkins, Law as Last Resort (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).