WINNER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE WALKLEY BOOK AWARD'I understand - and sympathise with - the feeling you might have that you already know the Jeffrey Epstein story.
In this incredible and moving memoir, a mother tells of her fight for justice to convict her daughter's murderer for a crime that he thought could never be punished.
Esta obra está inscrita en el debate sobre las relaciones entre la globalización y el derecho, que inciden en las transformaciones del Estado contemporáneo.
El paisaje urbano cercano a las prisiones se puebla, semanalmente y con extraordinaria regularidad, de una siempre creciente cantidad de personas que, sin encontrarse encerradas, mantienen relaciones continuas con quienes están detenidos.
Hacer historia no es lo mismo que realizar recuentos de hechos pasados, sino que tal ejercicio implica una actividad analítica e interpretativa, aunque muchas veces, necesariamente, deba basarse en la evocación de situaciones problemáticas anteriores a los actuales, lo que equivale a afirmar que dicho ejercicio posee un alto grado de complejidad y de dominio, no solo de la temática sobre la cual se quiere reconstruir una visión renovada del estado del arte en indagación, sino también por la técnica histórico-investigativa.
This essential text introduces criminal justice students to the topics of stress and wellness in personal and professional pursuits and provides them with the tools they will need to identify the signs of stress in their own lives and the lives of others.
Addressing a lack of high-quality sentencing information in Ireland, this important book explores the factors that influence judges to impose a sentence of long-term imprisonment in sexual offence cases.
The author and acclaimed historian of this book, originally published in 1926, was a strong advocate for the use of original source documents in the study of history, maintaining that applying historical criticism to documents, and balancing one document against another was a process of 'the highest educational value'.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
Originally published in 1985, Imprisonment in England and Wales is an account of the changing functions and conditions of imprisonment in England and Wales from the Medieval period to the present day.
Prison is seen by most people as an inevitable part of the penal system, but there is a growing awareness that its effects on offenders are rarely beneficial and may be positively harmful.
Originally published in 1930, this book outlines the system of local government at work in the reign of Edward I and provides a guide to the study of the 3 volumes of the Rotuli Hundredorum and Placita Quo Warranto which were printed early in the nineteenth century.
Considering the potential and peril of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuserelated deaths, this book examines what DARDRs - first known as Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) - are understood as being for, what is used by and in DARDRs, and how DARDRs are themselves used.