Powers of the Prosecutor in Criminal Investigation

This comparative analysis examines the scope of prosecutorial powers at different phases of criminal investigation in four countries: the United States, Italy, Poland, and Germany.

Autorentext

Karolina Kremens, LL.M., Ph.D. works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Criminal Procedure at the Faculty of Law, Administration, and Economics, University of Wroc aw, Poland. She served as an Assistant Prosecutor at the District Prosecutor's Office in Wroc aw (2009-2012).

Dr Kremens is the recipient of the 2016-2017 Fulbright Scholarship (University of Connecticut Law School, USA) and 2006-2007 Edward Barry McDougall Scholarship (University of Ottawa, Canada). She was awarded the Scholarship for the Outstanding Young Scholars granted by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (2017-2019). She was a visiting scholar at the Aberystwyth University (UK), University of Exeter (UK), University of Toledo (Spain), and University of Bologna (Italy). As the McDougall Memorial Professor, Dr Kremens taught Comparative Criminal Procedure at the University of Ottawa (2014- 2020).

She has led and participated in many national and international research projects. Currently she leads a project titled "Reasonable Search- Between Effective Investigation and Rights of Individual" funded by the Polish National Science Center and leads the Polish team in a project "Knowledge, Advisory and Capacity Building Information Tool for Criminal Procedural Rights in Judicial Cooperation" (CROSSJUSTICE) funded by the European Commission (Justice Programme 2018).

Her research focuses on comparative and international criminal procedure, human rights and women rights during criminal proceedings and the role of the prosecutor in criminal process.

Inhalt

1. Introduction

2. Prosecution Systems Compared

3. Criminal Investigations Compared

4. Powers of the Prosecutor over Initiation of Investigation

5. Powers of the Prosecutor over the Conduct of Investigation

6. Powers of the Prosecutor over the Preliminary Charging

7. Powers of the Prosecutor over Imposition of Coercive Measures

8. Prosecutor's Powers to Discontinue Investigation

9. Redefining Prosecutorial Powers During Criminal Investigation