The fifth edition of this best-selling book provides full coverage of the law surrounding the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as amended, and brings the work up-to-date with the latest PACE Codes of Practice, in effect from 1 August 2004. * Everything needed to understand PACE collected together in one volume * Fully up-to-date - contains in full the latest Codes * Clarifies PACE in practice via in-depth discussion of case law, including many new judicial decisions * Deals with the new system for charging introduced by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 - including the DPP's Guidance on it * Considers the 2004 Home Office Consultation Paper Policing: Modernising Police Powers to Meet Community Needs, which canvassed various amendments to PACE * Covers topics derived from other legislation that integrally relate to PACE, such as the right to silence, human rights issues and terrorism investigations * Includes a Q & A section in each chapter giving quick answers to common and more obscure questions * Sets out relevant sections of legislative materials in full * Written by the leading authority on PACE