Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-285) and index.

Introduction -- The constitutionalisation of EU criminal law after Lisbon -- Defining EU competence in substantive criminal law : from securitised to functional criminalisation -- The rocky road to European prosecution : caught between co-ordination and centralisation -- Mutual recognition and mutual trust in Europe's area of criminal justice : the centrality of fundamental rights -- Legislating for human rights: the EU legal framework on the rights of individuals in criminal proceedings -- The place of the victim in Europe's area of criminal justice -- The uneasy relationship between EU criminal law and citizenship of the Union -- The European Union and preventive justice. The case of terrorist sanctions -- Conclusion. Placing the individual at the heart of European criminal justice.