NCJ Number
176056
Date Published
1994
Length
390 pages
Annotation
This introductory text provides an overview and critical examination of the Australian criminal justice system and criminal justice processing, including the factors that influence criminal justice and the institutional and administrative features of the justice system's operation in Australian jurisdictions.
Abstract
The text covers the substantive criminal law, trial procedures, the use of discretion in the criminal justice system, and the sites of power bases in criminal justice policy making and decision making. The discussion covers both procedural justice in the form of written rules and universally recognized rights and protection and substantive justice in which common-sense concepts of fairness and equity are dominant. Individual sections cover Australian criminal law, criminal investigations, pretrial procedures, the trial, laws and rules of evidence, concepts of punishment and sanctions, sentencing practices, rights and procedures for appeal, the new forms of criminal investigators who have emerged in recent years, and groups such as Aborigines who experience discrimination in the criminal justice system. Figures, chapter reference notes, index, and approximately 300 references (Publisher summary modified)