In the Name of the Law: Collapse of Criminal Justice

By David Rose

Book Overview

This study of the British police asks what can be learned about our society from the way it treats its criminals and organizes its policemen. It is based upon a series of investigations into miscarriages of justice, and on seven months of open access to a police division in one of London's most violent areas. It contains interviews with lawyers, judges and criminals.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0224037447
• ISBN13: 9780224037440
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Random House (UK)
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.

Customer Reviews

THE BRITISH EQUIVALENT OF "THE BIG WHITE LIE"

** The author is a former Crime Correspondent of a leading national newspaper.** One of the stories he covers is:** 900 kilos importation of "certain substances"** And how the Two Drug KingPins escaped jail** One even alleged at his trial that the importation had been bankrolled by the equivalent to the FBI!** Britain's MI5.** Since writing this, the author, David Rose, has presented the BBC TV espionage series,"THE SPYING GAME".