A guide to the Criminal Justice Act 1991

Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland > England and Wales > Administration of criminal justice. Reform of criminal law, enforcement, and procedure

Edition Details

Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Roger Leng
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: London : Fourmat, 1991
Type: Book
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/a-guide-to-the-criminal-justice-act-1991/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

XIII, 411 pages ; 23 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, A guide to the Criminal Justice Act 1991 is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Responsable Person: by Roger Leng and Colin Manchester.
Publication Date: 1991
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 3 editions
First edition Date: 1991
Last edition Date: 1991
General Notes: Includes index.
Languages: British English
Library of Congress Code: KD7876
Dewey Code: 344.2055
ISBN: 1851901523 9781851901524
OCLC: 59949262

Main Contents

Custodial sentences; restrictions; the seriousness condition; public protection condition; community penalties; probation orders; curfew orders; enforcement; financial penalties; increases in maximum penalties; unit fines; statements as to offenders’ means; default on fines; the Parole Board; early release; misbehaviour after early release; transitional arrangements; children’s evidence’ the competence of children as witnesses; bypassing committal proceedings; VIdeo recordings; parental responsbility for young offenders; parental duty to attend court; local authority duty to attend court; parental responsibility for financing penalties; binding duty to attend court; local authority duty to attend court; parental responsibility for financing penalties; binding over a parent or guardian; detention at the police station; remanding juveniles in custody; secure accommodation and transitional arrangements; youth proceedings and sentencing; seventeen-year-olds as “young persons”; pleading guilty by post in youth courts; custodial sentences for young offenders; attendance centre orders; the probation service; Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation; intervention by the Home Secretary; cash limiting; funding of independent sector agencies; court security; the issue of privatization; appointment of court security officers; prisoner escort duties; contracted-out prisons; cash limits for magistrates’ courts.

Summary Note

“The Criminal Justice Act 1991″ is an important reforming measure aimed at increasing society’s confidence in the criminal justice and penal system and how they deal with offenders. The book includes the full text of the act and looks at its reforms, such as a statutory framework for sentencing. ”’

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Criminal law
Criminal procedure
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A guide to the Criminal Justice Act 1991

A guide to the Criminal Justice Act 1991