Recent Book: An Introduction to Criminal Procedure: Criminal Procedure
| Author | J. C. Wood |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6904201004 |
| Published date | 01 October 1969 |
| Date | 01 October 1969 |
vision of the futureis of highly skilled, well-paid professional police
officers backed by allsorts ofunskilled and specialist workers and,
in particular, buttressed by a strong reserve of amateur police
officers. Doctors could well betaken as a model, because, forthe
police aswell as themedicalprofession, going it aloneis aprescrip-
tion for failure.
RECE
NT
BOOKS
THE
COSTS OF CRIME
GRAHAM
GREEN:
Criminal Costsand Legal Aid. Second Edition.
Butterworths, 90s.
This formidableworkis now inits
second edition and it provides a mine
of information about a much neglected
aspect ofthe judicialsystem. Barris-
ters, policemenandthe like rarely
consider the costinvolved of the court
cases in which they takepart.Occa-
sionally there are requestsfor an award
to cover some aspectofthecosts such
as anadvocate'sfee. Itwill be obvious
to anyone who thinksfor aminutethat
there needs tobe, and indeedthere is,
a mostcomplicated hierarchyof rules
about costs and the ancillary question
of legal aid. Theserules aretobe found
clearly set out inthis bookwhich also
printsall thenecessary statutesand
regulations, some hundred pages ofthe
necessary precedents. Itis in noway a
reading bookbut forthosewho have
need ofspecialized information it is a
valuable guide to the preliminaries of
the financial aspects of criminal
action.J. C. WOOD.
AN INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
ROGER
ARGUILE:
Criminal Procedure. Butterworths, 44s.
Criminal procedure is a subject of
central importance which has never
really attracted text writers. Practi-
tioners areserved byweighty tomes
such as Archbold and Stone. It is
pleasant tohave agood,clear, short
introduction. Arguile is basically for
bar students.The author frankly shows
in the preface that he owes much to the
larger standard works. Nonetheless, he
is to be congratulated in producing a
readable and accurate introduction to
the subject. Like all introductions it
has thefaultof over-simplification and
the author, who has teaching experi-
October 1969
ence andnowisapractisingbarrister,
seems to errtowards theacademic
approach. It wouldbe hardto define
from hisbook that criminalprocedure
does varyfromplacetoplace,admit-
tedly in minordetails. Thebookis, of
course, weakest when it deals with
disposal. Its summariesof types of
offender andmoreespecially oftypes
of punishment are far too short toeven
hint atthe intricacythatbesets Judges
and supplies aready streamof case
law. Nonetheless, the author has pro-
duced a readableanduseful book on
criminal procedure.J. C. WOOD.
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