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Introduction - The terminology of criminal litigation and its personnel - An overview of a criminal case - Criminal litigation and the pervasive subjects - An introduction to the law of criminal evidence role - The powers to stop, search and arrest - Detention and interrogation - The right to silence at the police station - Unlawfully and unfairly obtained evidence - Confession evidence - Obtaining identification evidence - Advising at the police station: practical steps - The decision to prosecute - Public funding and early stages of the criminal justice process - The law and practice relating to court bail - Prosecuting an either-way offence - Pre-trial disclosure of evidence - Summary proceedings - Crown Court proceedings pre-trial - Trial before the Crown Court - The burden of proof - Witnesses evidence: the preliminary issues - The rules relating to witness testimony - Corroboration, the 'Turnbull guidelines' and opinion evidence - Hearsay evidence - The rules of evidence and the accused at trial - Private privilege - General principles of sentencing - Custodial sentences - Non-custodial sentences and ancillary orders - Sentencing in road traffic cases - Sentencing in practice - Appeals - Youth justice - Prosecuting and sentencing offenders under the age of 18