Introduction 1
PART 1 Themes in criminal justice 5
1 Crime control or due process?&TOM ELLIS AND MIKE NASH 7
2 Lay justice or professional justice?&STEVE SAVAGE AND DIANA BRETHERICK 33
3 Adversarial or inquisitorial justice?&JANE CREATON AND FRANCIS PAKES 52
4 Private policing or public policing?&MARK BUTTON AND LES JOHNSTON 61
5 Restorative justice or retribution?&TOM ELLIS AND STEVE SAVAGE 78
6 Prison works! Or prison works?&TOM ELLIS AND CHRIS LEWIS 116
PART 2 Issues in criminal justice 147
7 Legalise drugs?&TOM EL.LIS AND DANIEL SILVERSTONE 149
8 Capital punishment: the case for and against&MARK BUTTON AND DIANA BRETHERICK 201
9 Victims' rights or suspects' rights?&CHRIS LEWIS AND JACKI TAPLEY 218
10 Sex offender notification&ANDY WILLIAMS AND MIKE NASH 238
Index 258