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Brayne & Carr: Law for Social Workers 10e

Chapter 14

If you are interested in the up-to-date and full details of a particular aspect of how the criminal process works, one of the standard reference works can provide the answer, if you use the contents or index carefully. The following are published annually: Stone's Justices' Manual (Butterworths) deals with the work of the youth courts; Blackstone's Criminal Practice (Oxford University Press) deals with all aspects of criminal law and practice, as does Archbold's Criminal Pleadings Evidence and Practice (Sweet & Maxwell). Current Sentencing Practice (Sweet & Maxwell), a looseleaf encyclopaedia edited by D. Thomas, is very useful for the detail on sentencing, including how the courts approach particular offences.

A. Edwards, Advising a Suspect in the Police Station (6th edn., Sweet & Maxwell, 2006). The author, Anthony Edwards, is a leading writer and practitioner, and this book is of value to anyone working as an appropriate adult, though it covers all suspects who are being questioned.

A. Bottoms, L. Gelsthorpe, and S. Rex (eds), Community Penalties Change and Challenges (Willan Publishing, 2002). A series of essays giving a variety of critical perspectives on concepts such as restorative justice.

R. Matthews and J. Young (eds), The New Politics of Crime and Punishment (Willan Publishing, 2003). An up-to-date analysis by a number of contributors to the political dimensions of the justice system.

A. Crawford and T. Newburn, Youth Offending and Restorative Justice Implementing Reform in Youth Justice (Willan Publishing, 2003). This book critically explores youth offender panelsand referral orders.

The Youth Justice Board is an agency with a statutory responsibility to prevent offending by children. Its web site is usefully and accessibly organized, for example to take you through custodial and community sentences one at a time: www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk/Youth+Justice+Board.

NACRO (National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders) has an excellent list of publications, too long for inclusion but worth visiting: www.nacro.org.uk/about/index.htm.