Classification of Offences

About the lecture

In this module, we begin by talking about how we classify criminal offences and how this impacts trial process, focusing in particular on (i) summary offences (ii) indictable only offences (iii) either-way offences (iv) the first appearance of the defendant in the Magistrates’ Court (v) the process of deciding where the defendant will be tried for an either-way offence.

About the lecturer

Dr Jonathan Rogers is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are in substantive criminal law, evidence, human rights and criminal procedure. He is Co-Deputy Director of the Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice. His recent publications include The Time Limit on Prosecutions for Underage Sexual Intercourse in the Sexual Offences Act 1956: A Continuing Problem (2018), and A human rights perspective on the evidential test for bringing prosecutions (2017)