Flashcards on Criminal Procedure in England and Wales
Criminal Procedure in England and Wales: A Student Guide
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Criminal Procedure
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Card 1
Question: What does criminal procedure cover in the criminal justice process?
Answer: Everything between arrest and conviction or acquittal — the set of rules governing the series of proceedings.
Card 2
Question: Which three institutions are involved in the criminal justice process in England and Wales?
Answer: The police, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and the courts.
Card 3
Question: How do most criminal cases begin?
Answer: With an offence being reported to the police.
Card 4
Question: What are the main steps the police take after a crime is reported?
Answer: Decide whether to investigate, make a crime report, take statements from victims and witnesses, search the crime scene for evidence, identify a suspec
Card 5
Question: What is an arrest?
Answer: The apprehension of a person suspected of criminal activities.
Card 6
Question: Who can make an arrest?
Answer: Most arrests are made by police officers, but anybody may perform a citizen's arrest under prescribed conditions.
Card 7
Question: What is a citizen's arrest?
Answer: An arrest performed by a private citizen, carried out without a warrant but only in specified situations.
Card 8
Question: Under what situations may a citizen legally perform a citizen's arrest?
Answer: When the person is in the act of committing an arrestable offence; when the citizen has reasonable grounds to suspect they are in the act; when the pe
Card 9
Question: What is a breach of the peace? Give examples.
Answer: When a person engages in disorderly conduct such as fighting in public, causing excessively loud noise, shouting, playing loud music, or allowing a do
Card 10
Question: What remedy does an innocent person have if they were unlawfully detained by another citizen (no arrestable offence)?
Answer: They can sue that citizen in a civil court for false imprisonment.