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26 Ariz. L. Rev. 507 (1984)
English Criminal Justice: Is It Better Than Ours

handle is hein.journals/arz26 and id is 527 raw text is: ENGLISH CRIMINAL JUSTICE: IS IT BETTER THAN OURS? Graham Hughes* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ................................................. 508 II. The Nature and Uses of Comparison ........................ 509 A. Reducing the Crime Rate ............................... 511 B. Crime Control and Due Process ......................... 513 III. Police Powers ............................................... 516 A. The English System ..................................... 516 1. Police Organization .................................. 516 2. Arrest and Search ................................... 518 3. Police and Criminal Evidence Bill ................... 522 4. Detention and Questioning .......................... 524 5. The Commission's Recommendations ................ 527 6. The Government's Response ......................... 529 B. Comparisons and Comments ............................ 532 1. Judicial and Prosecutorial Supervision ............... 532 2. Police Accountability ................................ 535 3. Judicial Sanctions ................................... 536 4. Summ ary ............................................ 537 IV. Courts, Lawyers and Committal for Trial .................... 539 A. Prosecution and Defense ................................ 541 1. The Director of Public Prosecutions ................. 542 2. Defense Representation .............................. 546 B. Committal for Trial ..................................... 551 Professor of Law, New York University, B.A. 1948, M.A. 1950, Cambridge University; LL.B. 1950 University of Wales; LL.M. 1960, New York University. Member New York Bar. The author gratefully acknowledges the support of the New York University Law Center Founda- tion for research and travel funds to make the writing of this Article possible. The research assist- ance of Amy B. Farber Esq., of the New York Bar, was invaluable. Several of my colleagues were kind enough to comment on a bulky manuscript. Among them I owe a special debt to James Jacobs. Many persons in England were generous with their time and knowledge. I am especially grateful to Dr. Michael McConville of the Law Department of the University of Birmingham, Dennis Muirhead of London, solicitor, Eric Crowther J.P., a magistrate in the West London mag- istrates' court and Peter Barnes, the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions.

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