| Description |
xxiv, 412 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Criminal responsibility -- Aims and functions of the criminal law -- Sources, prescriptions and influences on the criminal law -- Elements of a crime -- Extensions of criminal responsibilitiy -- 2. investigation -- Search and seizure -- Arrest and detention -- Interrogation -- Eyewitness identification -- Informers -- 3. The new investigators -- New methods, new agenda -- Divestment of criminal justice -- Australian Crime Commission (ACC) (formerly National Crime Authority (NCA)) -- Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) -- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) -- Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) -- Ramifications for individual rights -- 4. Pre-trial --Discretion -- Pre-trial police decision-making -- Pre-trial obligations of the prosecution and defence - pre-trial hearings -- Prosecutor's pre-trial decision-making -- Defence pre-trial decision making -- Committal hearing -- Pre-trial discovery and disclosure -- Abuse of process in pre-trial -- 5. Trial -- The higher courts -- The lower courts -- 6. Evidence -- Proof -- Presenting the evidence -- Admission and use of evidence -- 7. Punishment and penalty -- Crime and punishment -- Principles of punishment -- Penalty -- Correctional models of punishment -- Punishment and welfare -- Penal reform --8. Sentencing -- Sentencing aims -- The sentencing hearing -- Facts relevant to sentencing -- Sentencing disparity and problems with quantum of punishment -- Remedies for achieving just sentencing -- Sentencing policy and publicopinion -- Mandatory sentences -- Sentencing drug-dependent offenders --9. Appeals -- Appeal against conviction -- Appeal against sentence -- 10. And justice for all? -- Juveniles -- Aboriginal people -- Women -- Intellectually disabled people -- Corporations -- Victims of crimes -- Combatting terrorism |
| Summary |
The book begins with the theory and basic elements of the criminal law and then takes a step-by-step look at the parts of a case |
| Analysis |
Criminal justice |
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Cases (Law) |
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Criminal Justice Overview Texts |
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Criminal Law |
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Criminal Justice System |
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Discrimination |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-399) and index |
| Subject |
Criminal investigation.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia.
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Criminal law -- Australia.
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| Author |
Yeo, Stanley Meng Heong.
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Odgers, Stephen.
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| LC no. |
2005278254 |
| ISBN |
9780195517385 paperback |
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0195517385 paperback |
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