Can the criminal justice system achieve justice based on its ability to determine the truth? This book investigates the concept of truth and scrutinises how well the criminal justice process facilitates truth-finding. It bridges the gap between what people expect from the justice system and what it can legitimately deliver.

The criminal process and the pursuit of truth -- allegations -- Confessions -- Witness testimony -- Truth and the probity of evidence-gathering -- Decisions and narratives : factfinding and case construction -- Truth and the criminal trial : competing stories -- Truth, sentencing and punishment -- Restoration, reconciliation and reconceptualizing justice -- The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth : the truth of who is to blame -- List of cases -- Bibliography -- Index.