'there can be no dispute that greater knowledge of other systems is tremendously valuable, and it is to this growing body of knowledge that "Criminal Justice in Europe" makes an important contribution.'

• 1. Criminal Justice in the Netherlands ; 2. The Evolution of Criminal Justice Policy in the UK ; 3. Are Inquisitiorial and Adversarial Systems Converging? ; 4. The European Convention on Human Rights and Criminal Justice in the Netherlands and the UK ; 5. Intergovernmental Co-operation in the Field of Criminal Law ; 6. The European Community and Criminal Law ; 7. Discretion and Accountability in Prosecution: A Comparative Perspective on Keeping Crime Out of Court ; 8. Managing the Drug Problem - Tolerance or Prohibition? ; 9. Diversion, Europeanization and the Mentally Disordered Offender ; 10. Diversion in English and Dutch Juvenile Justice ; 11. Prosecutors, Examining Judges and Control of Police Investigations ; 12. Police Detention in the UK and the Netherlands ; 13. DNA Profiling and the Use of Expert Scientific Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings ; 14. Witness Evidence, Article Six of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Principle of Open Justice ; 15. Protection of and Compensation for Victims of Crime ; 16. Sentencing Practice, Policy and Discretion ; 17. Prisoners' Rights in the Netherlands and England and Wales ; 18. The Transfer of Prisoners