Legal aspects of criminology

For the first time in legal history, an indictment was filed against an acting head of state, Slobodan Milosevic, for crimes that he allegedly committed while in office.

In three parts, this volume in the AP-LS series explores the phenomena of captivity and risk management, guided and informed by the theory, method, and policy of psychological jurisprudence.

For more than a decade, American lawyers have bewailed the ethical crisis in their profession, wringing their hands about its bad image.

Two centuries ago, American criminal justice was run primarily by laymen.

We all seem to think that we do the acts we do because we consciously choose to do them.

Research on gender, sex, and crime today remains focused on topics that have been a mainstay of the field for several decades, but it has also recently expanded to include studies from a variety of disciplines, a growing number of countries, and on a wider range of crimes.

People convicted of crimes are subject to a criminal sentence, but they also face a host of other restrictive legal measures: Some are denied access to jobs, housing, welfare, the vote, or other goods.

From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools, shopping centers, and movie theatres, reports of gun crimes fill the headlines of newspapers and nightly news programs.

From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools, shopping centers, and movie theatres, reports of gun crimes fill the headlines of newspapers and nightly news programs.

Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases probes how jurors make the ultimate decision about whether another human being should live or die.

Across America today gated communities sprawl out from urban centers, employers enforce mandatory drug testing, and schools screen students with metal detectors.

Federal prosecutors have immense power and discretion to decide when to bring criminal charges, what plea bargains to offer, and how to implement the federal government's legal priorities in their districts.

Federal prosecutors have immense power and discretion to decide when to bring criminal charges, what plea bargains to offer, and how to implement the federal government's legal priorities in their districts.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of community policing, the philosophy and organizational strategy that expands the traditional police mandate of fighting crime to include forming partnerships with citizenry that endorse mutual support and participation.

This well-respected and highly regarded book provides straightforward coverage of all aspects of law and police procedure that affect the community at large.

This well-respected and highly regarded book provides straightforward coverage of all aspects of law and police procedure that affect the community at large.

Notoriously difficult to access, armed robbers have mostly eluded the attempts of authors to access their lives.

Notoriously difficult to access, armed robbers have mostly eluded the attempts of authors to access their lives.

Few contemporary scholars have done more in their work to develop the idea of responsibility than Nicola Lacey.

Why would anyone commit a mass atrocity such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, or terrorism?

Why would anyone commit a mass atrocity such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, or terrorism?

A critical, theoretical, and empirical examination of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) is long overdue.

A critical, theoretical, and empirical examination of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) is long overdue.

The criminalization of migration is heavily patterned by race.

The criminalization of migration is heavily patterned by race.

Kidnap for ransom is a lucrative but tricky business.

Kidnap for ransom is a lucrative but tricky business.

All five contemporary practitioners of the death penalty in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam-- have performed executions on a regular basis over the past few decades.

All five contemporary practitioners of the death penalty in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam-- have performed executions on a regular basis over the past few decades.

This book reveals what happens to applications for post-conviction review when those in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland who believe they are wrongfully convicted apply to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, the only body that can refer a case back to the Court of Appeal once appellants opportunities for direct appeal are exhausted.

This book reveals what happens to applications for post-conviction review when those in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland who believe they are wrongfully convicted apply to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, the only body that can refer a case back to the Court of Appeal once appellants opportunities for direct appeal are exhausted.

On any given day nearly 3000 foreign national citizens are detained under immigration powers in UK detention centres alone.

On any given day nearly 3000 foreign national citizens are detained under immigration powers in UK detention centres alone.

Since the 1980s, MRI scanners have told us much about brain function and played an important role in the clinical diagnosis of a number of conditions - both in the brain and the rest of the body.

Criminology is a booming discipline, yet one which can appear divided and fractious.

Criminology is a booming discipline, yet one which can appear divided and fractious.

Since the 1980s, MRI scanners have told us much about brain function and played an important role in the clinical diagnosis of a number of conditions - both in the brain and the rest of the body.

Exploring the principles and values that should guide and limit the state's use of preventive techniques that involve coercion against the individual, this volume arises from a three-year study of Preventive Justice.

Exploring the principles and values that should guide and limit the state's use of preventive techniques that involve coercion against the individual, this volume arises from a three-year study of Preventive Justice.

It is generally assumed that we are justified in punishing criminals because they have committed a morally wrongful act.

It is generally assumed that we are justified in punishing criminals because they have committed a morally wrongful act.

Criminalization is a new series arising from an interdisciplinary investigation into the issue of criminalization, focussing on the principles and goals that should guide decisions about what kinds of conduct are to be criminalized, and the forms that criminalization should take.

Criminalization is a new series arising from an interdisciplinary investigation into the issue of criminalization, focussing on the principles and goals that should guide decisions about what kinds of conduct are to be criminalized, and the forms that criminalization should take.

Autonomy is a fundamental though contested concept.

The past two decades have seen unparalleled developments in our knowledge of the brain and mind.

The past two decades have seen unparalleled developments in our knowledge of the brain and mind.

Criminalization is a new series arising from an interdisciplinary investigation into criminalization, focussing on the principles and goals that should guide decisions about what kinds of conduct are to be criminalized, and the forms that criminalization should take.

Cannabis, marijuana, pot, ganja - it goes by many names -- is by far the most widely used illegal substance, and accounts for more arrests than any other drug.

With the strengthening focus worldwide on human rights, there has been a rapid increase in recent years in the number of countries that have completely abolished the death penalty.

With the strengthening focus worldwide on human rights, there has been a rapid increase in recent years in the number of countries that have completely abolished the death penalty.