The Palgrave Macmillan Core Statutes series is designed to meet the needs of today's law students. Compiled by experienced lecturers, each title contains the essential materials needed at LLB level (and, where applicable, on GDL/CPE courses) and is easy to use under exam conditions and in the lecture hall. This new edition of core statutes on criminal law contains essential material up to June 2013. New to this edition: * Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 * changes introduced by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 * changes introduced by the Crime and Courts Act 2013.