Detention Before Trial: A Study of Criminal Cases Tried in the Toronto Magistrates Courts

by Martin L. Friedland

Book Overview

Detention before trial has been one of the most neglected areas in the whole administration of criminal justice. In the past, attention has been focussed almost exclusively on detention after trial (i.e. sentencing), which touches the lives of significantly fewer persons than detention before trial. There has been no previous examination in Canada of the utility or effectiveness of its operation. This study will fill an important need by documenting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802061044
• ISBN13: 9780802061041
• Release Date: December 1965
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher