This updated Basic Guide to Criminal Procedure explains the law of criminal procedure in understandable language and with reference to the rights in the Constitution of South Africa. Useful discussions of relevant cases are included throughout the book. The important forms used in criminal procedure are also provided as annexures at the back of the book.

This book is a valuable resource for paralegals, police officers, traffic officials and other law enforcement officers who deal with criminal procedure every day and who must understand and implement the law.

• Chapter 1: Basic concepts in criminal procedure
• Chapter 2: Main role players in the criminal justice system
• Chapter 3: The South African criminal courts
• Chapter 4: Pre-trial rights and their limitation under the Constitution
• Chapter 5: Pre-trial rights and the powers and duties of the police
• Chapter 6: Pre-trial detention, the rights of juvenile accused persons, and the duties of the police
• Chapter 7: Pre-trial release of accused persons
• Chapter 8: The plea phase
• Chapter 9: The trial phase
• Chapter 10: The sentencing phase
• Chapter 11: Appeal, review and parole

Criminal Law students, paralegals, Technical College students and lecturers of criminal procedure