On The Perfection Of The Arrest System In China

As one of the criminal coercive measures, arrest performs a great function both in assuring the successful implementation of the criminal procedure and protecting the human rights. At the same time, there are still some problems in the process of arrest and custody, for example, arrest case of low quality, improper arrest, extended detention and ignorance of defend the suspects'legal rights. Therefore, arrest is like a knife that either serves us or cuts us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.This thesis falls into four parts as follows: a brief introduction of arrest system, the observation and comparison about the arrest and custody system between china and foreign countries, as well as the existing problems and solutions of arrest and custody system. In Partâ… , it analyses the basic problems of arrest system which include arrest's concept, features, procedure and its values. In Partâ…¡, it focuses on the differences about the arrest and custody between Anglo-American law system and civil law system. The comparisons are from various aspects like the relationship between arrest and custody, the arrest authorities and so on. In Partâ…¢, it states the existing problems on arrest and custody system, such as the low quality of arrest case, the improper terms of arrest investigation, the arbitrariness of alter the coercive measures and the long-term detention of minor criminal cases. And in Partâ…£, the thesis gives a number of well-organized suggestions according to the existing problems, for example, appropriately extend the terms of arrest investigation, shorten the terms of detain in specific cases and so on.