The Evolving Role of the Public Prosecutor

Introduction - Philip Stenning, Victoria Colvin and Heather Douglas

Part One: The Office of the Modern Public Prosecutor

Chapter 1: Decoding Hegemony: Exploring the Discourse of a Prosecuting Elite - Robyn Holder

Chapter 2: New Public Management, Citizens' Fears and Calls for Justice: The Prosecutor's New Role in Italy - Cecilia Blengino

Chapter 3: Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Negotiating Punishment Before Conviction? - Simon Bronitt

Chapter 4: The Public Prosecution Service and the Structuring of Sentencing: The Nordic Case of Denmark - Rasmus Wandall

Part Two: The role of prosecutors in investigations

Chapter 5: The Role of the Finnish Prosecutor in Preliminary Investigations - Efficiency or the End of Impartiality? - Julia Jansson

Chapter 6: Framing Prosecutor-Police Relations in Europe - A Concept Paper - Philip Stenning and Julia Jansson

Chapter 7: Police prosecution and access to justice for people with disabilities - Penelope Weller

Chapter 8: Roles of Lawyers and Investigators in Investigations of International Crimes - Melanie O'Brien

Part Three: The nature and extent of prosecutorial discretion

Chapter 9: The Riddle of Prosecutorial Discretion - Victoria Colvin

Chapter 10: Prosecuting Domestic Violence Cases: Listening to Victims - Heather Douglas

Chapter 11: Prosecutorial Discretion about Special Measure Use in Australian Cases of Child Sexual Abuse - Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Natalie Martschuk, Martine Powell and Nina Westera

Chapter 12: Community Prosecution Code Enforcement in Dallas, Texas: Effects on Serious Crime - John Worrall, Andrew Wheeler, and Justine Medrano

Part Four: Prosecutors, politics and accountability

Chapter 13: Prosecution and Politics in Germany: The Struggle for Independence - Michael Jasch

Chapter 14: Prosecutorial Independence and Effectiveness of the Nigerian Criminal Justice System - Adedeji Adekunle

Chapter 15: The Decision to Prosecute - The Accountability of Australian Prosecutors - Kellie Toole

Chpater 16: Regulating the Prosecutorial Role in Wrongful Convictions - Kent Roach

Conclusion - Victoria Colvin and Philip Stenning