Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice (usually called simply Archbold) is a leading[1] practitioners' text book for the practice of criminal law in the Crown Court of England and Wales.
It is currently published by Sweet & Maxwell, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters.
The team of authors is made up of experienced solicitors, barristers, King's Counsel and judges.
A separate work, Archbold Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice (usually called simply Archbold Magistrates) covers the criminal jurisdiction of magistrates' courts and youth courts of England and Wales.
It also provides coverage of a number of civil orders which complement the criminal jurisdiction of those courts.