Human rights in the investigation and prosecution of crime / edited by Madeleine Colvin and Jonathan Cooper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Madeleine Colvin and Jonathan Cooper -- An introduction to covert policing / Andrea Hopkins -- Property interference : Police Act 1997, Pt. III / Andrea Hopkins -- The interception of communications : the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, Pt. I / Andrea Hopkins -- Surveillance and covert human intelligence sources : the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, Pt. II / Andrea Hopkins -- Powers to stop, search, enter, and seize / Lucy Corrin and Alex Gask -- Arrest and detention / Ruth Brander and Alison Pickup -- Collection and retention of personal data / Azeem Suterwalla -- Bail / Ben Newton -- Disclosure / David Rhodes -- Fair trial / David Bentley and Richard Thomas -- The media / Anthony Hudson -- Evidence / Steven Powles -- Self-incrimination, the right to silence, and the reserve burden of proof / Paul Bogan -- Extradition / John RWD Jones -- Mental health and capacity / Aswini Weereratne -- Obligation to prevent crime and to protect and provide redress to victims of crime / Alison Gerry -- Victims of crime and the criminal justice system / Alison Gerry -- Sentence / Shereener Browne and Gemma Hobcraft -- The application of the ECHR to appeals / Hugh Southey.

This new book is partly based on an earlier book, Criminal Justice, Police Powers and Human Rights (Blackstone's, 2001, life sales 1776) which was published immediately after the Human Rights Act came into force. The subsequent developments in the criminal justice/human rights field have been so numerous, that a new dedicated text on the subject is required as opposed to just a new edition of the authors' previous book. This new book provides a detailed and practical analysis of the impact of UK human rights law on the investigation and prosecution of crime. It deals systematically with the various stages of investigation, arrest and detention in police custody, court procedure, evidence, sentencing, and appeals. The narrative provides a comprehensive, in-depth examination of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) looking in detail at the relationship between human rights and police investigatory and surveillance powers. The book is aimed directly at practitioners, and is logically divided into chapters dealing with a particular aspect of human rights in relation to the criminal process, including; the interception of communications and surveillance and intelligence issues; arrest and detention; bail; disclosure; mental health and capacity; sentencing; the rights of victims; terrorism; extradition; and proceeds of crime.