Criminal procedure and sentencing / Peter Hungerford-Welch.

Includes index.

Theoretical perspectives in criminal litigation -- Preliminaries -- Bail -- Classification and allocation of offences -- Summary trial -- Young defendants and trial in the youth court -- Appeals from magistrates : courts and youth courts -- Disclosure under the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 -- Transferring cases to the crown court for trial -- Indictments -- Crown court trial : preliminaries -- Crown court trial : the course of the trial -- Appeals to the Court of Appeal -- Public funding of criminal litigation -- Costs in criminal cases -- Sentencing procedure and principles -- Adult offenders : custodial sentences -- Adult offender : community sentences -- Fines, discharges and binding over to keep the peace -- Young offenders : custodial sentences -- Young offenders : non-custodial sentences -- Ancillary orders.