Defending the Criminal Law: Reflections on the Changing Character of Crime, Procedure, and Sanctions

Ashworth, Andrew; Zedner, Lucia

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Defending the Criminal Law: Reflections on the Changing Character of Crime, Procedure, and Sanctions

Date

2008

Authors

Ashworth, Andrew

Zedner, Lucia

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Recent years have seen mounting challenge to the model of the criminal trial on the grounds it is not cost-effective, not preventive, not necessary, not appropriate, or not effective. These challenges have led to changes in the scope of the criminal law,