This book is based on his prosecuting and teaching experience in Criminal Procedure. It is written in a simple, readable, and practical style. It traces criminal proceedings from investigation and arrest of an offender to plea, trial, sentence, and appeal.
This book is an updated version of A Handbook on Criminal Procedure in Kenya. It is written as a handbook to be resorted to for quick reference. At the same time, it provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject. The book covers most of the key areas of Criminal Procedure that interest the student, the practitioner, the magistrate, the judge, and the academic.
Criminology may simply be defined as the study of delinquency and crime as social phenomena. In its current use, the term refers to the study of the process of law-making, of breaking the law, and the societal response to delinquent criminal acts. This response includes within its scope, legal or non-legal or extra-legal producers of handling delinquents and criminal offenders as well as the methods devised for the prevention and control of delinquency and crime. The main objective of this book was to make available a simplified, readily available introductory reader not only for the students of criminology but also for the general reader who may be interested in the problems of crime, crime control, and prevention.
This research presents an analysis of the incidence, trends, and patterns of criminal homicide from among a sample of 484 cases committed between 1955 and 1966 in three districts (Ankole, Toro, and Kigezi) of Western Uganda. The primary source of the author’s data was the court files, both the district courts and the High court. These data were supplemented with personal interviews with village elders and policemen, newspaper reports, and other information. He also included an analysis of homicide among a number of other tribal groups in Uganda.
This text is designed to expose the Kenyan law on criminal responsibility and to define the common and key offenses created by Kenyan statutes. An attempt has been made to rely mainly on Kenyan case law, but there is a reference to cases from the other East African countries and the rest of the Commonwealth.
The goals of prosecution are to protect the victims while holding perpetrators accountable for their actions and to communicate a strong message to the community that impunity to rule of law win not be tolerated. However, the majority of cases brought before our Kenyan courts have failed to attain fair and impartial convictions. This is attributed to poor prosecutorial efforts displayed by those charged with the privilege of investigating and prosecuting cases. A good number of prosecutors have not demonstrated understanding of the complex requirements of the prosecution laws or the nitty-gritty of prosecutorial work. For this reason, most prosecutors have left judges and magistrates with no option but to acquit a lot of cases that would otherwise have been ruled in favor of the prosecution.
Criminal Prosecution and Essence of Criminal Offences in Kenya imparts a look at the legal and tactful requisites of the work of a prosecutor. From his own experience and that of others, the author outlines valuable and indispensable principles as well as legal necessities that underpin and illustrate successful practices in criminal prosecution. More importantly, he has outlined practical proposals to reform Kenya’s criminal practice and procedure. This book will be a roadmap to criminal justice, and most significantly, it will bring honor and pride to the prosecution profession. It is ideal for legal practitioners, current and prospective prosecutors, investigators, law students, lecturers of law as well as persons interested in the criminal justice system.
This Dictionary is not limited to criminological or sociological concepts alone. Just like any academic discipline, it covers other areas of social studies such as law, economics, and politics. The dictionary covers some areas that, to the average reader, are least related to law and crime; but to the specialist, even the least likely entry, like race, tribe, and democracy is, in some remote way, linked to the incidence of crime, delinquency or deviance.
Written in a clear, concise, and engaging style this book presents the entire criminal process in a simple, yet authoritative and informative way. The core principles that underpin the criminal procedure, their rationale, and assumptions are well articulated and critiqued. In addition, the book presents by way of illustration a comprehensive range of the latest local judicial decisions. The author’s triple heritage as a defense lawyer, state prosecutor, and university lecturer makes the book stand out as well-informed and balanced work. More importantly, the author presents some practical proposals for reform of the criminal procedure, informed not in the least by the dictates of our new Constitution.
In this book, an effort is made to identify the basic causes of criminal homicide and, as the keen reader will soon discover, the variables considered are by no means conclusive; more research is urgently needed before we can begin to feel that we are beginning to have some primal glimpses of the basic causes of violence among human beings.
