Criminal justice law

Activated by injustice, members of over-policed communities lead the current movement for civil rights in the United States.

This book brings together a selection of papers originally presented and discussed at the fourth international restorative justice conference, held at the University of TAbingen.

Sentencing is one of the fastest moving areas of law, with frequent legislative changes and hundreds of reported appellate decisions each year.

This book presents a comprehensive view of the financial and non-financial consequences of criminal behavior, crime prevention, and society's response to crime.

This volume is the result of an EU project involving two different European countries (Italy and Cyprus) on risk and needs assessment for juvenile violent offenders.

Taking the recent coronavirus pandemic as a starting point, this book presents and analyzes new research around medical clowning in hospitals, from social media use to the impact on the hospitalized child in later life.

The binary model of sexuality can be devastating and even fatal for people left outside the category of heterosexuality.

The Handbook of International Psychology Ethics discusses the most central, guiding principles of practice for mental health professionals around the world.

Drugs, Crime and Public Health provides an accessible but critical discussion of recent policy on illicit drugs.

Sex Crime, Third edition offers a comprehensive and integrative introduction to sex crime, written by an expert in the field.

This is a book about the legal fiction that sometimes we know what we don't.

Living with a chronic illness can have a significant psychological impact on a child and his or her family, and it is essential that this aspect of their care is not overlooked.

Within criminology 'the state' is often ignored as an active participant, or represented as a neutral force.

A leading work in the field of international criminal law, which is accessible, comprehensive and up to date.

The working of the 1969 Children and Young Persons Act was the subject of much debate in the 1970s.

Justice for Victims brings together the world's leading scholars in the fields of study surrounding victimization in a pioneering international collection.

This latest addition to the iFast Factsi series, authored by nursing luminary Judith Herrman, is a pithy, authoritative guide to adolescent health designed specifically for nurses at all levels and other health professionals.

________________________________________The real-life investigation behind the hit Netflix series, from two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists.

Myriad forms of communication occur within the criminal justice system as judges and attorneys speak to juries, law enforcement officers interact with the public, and the news media presents stories of events in courtrooms.

Practical Research with Children is designed to help the reader understand techniques for research with children, based on real world experience.

Incarcerating Motherhood explores how initial short period in prisons can negatively impact mothers and their children.

Predictive Sentencing addresses the role of risk assessment in contemporary sentencing practices.

Introduction to Criminal Justice, Tenth Edition, offers a student-friendly description of the criminal justice process-outlining the decisions, practices, people, and issues involved.

In recent decades there has been a vast increase in the use of imprisonment and penal supervision, and to many this development appears to be qualitatively as well as quantitatively different.

Lawless Youth (1947) is a book prepared under the auspices of the International Committee of the Howard League for Penal Reform during the Second World War, aiming for the day when peace could offer the opportunity for advance on the lines of justice and humanity.

When it was published twenty years ago, Rethinking What Works with Offenders made a major contribution to criminological knowledge on why people stopped offending, and the impact the probation service had on the desistance process.

Misogyny as Hate Crime explores the background, nature and consequences of misogyny as well as the legal framework and UK policy responses associated with misogyny as a form of hate crime.

Criminal Justice Theory, Second Edition is the first and only text, edited by U.

This book addresses the fundamental ethical and legal aspects, penal consequences, and social context arising from a citizen's acceptance of guilt.

This book examines how CCTV cameras expose the patient body inside the mental health ward, especially the relationship between staff and patients as surveillance subjects.

The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process surveys the topics and issues in the field of criminal process, including the laws, institutions, and practices of the criminal justice administration.

What is the meaning of punishment today?

Honour based violence and abuse manifests itself in different forms, and this book offers a comprehensive understanding of this phenomenon.

Discover how to best provide effective mental health treatments for criminal offenders Prisons and jails are increasingly being filled with inmates who suffer from mental illness and need treatment.

This collection, by leading legal scholars, judges and practitioners, together with theologians and church historians, presents historical, theological, philosophical and legal perspectives on Christianity and criminal law.

This work assesses the various meanings attached to calls for police reform in the public discourse on social media, providing readers with a greater appreciation of the assumptions, empirical claims, and rhetorical nuances that underpin the current dialogue about police policy.

The MMR controversy has been characterized by two one-sided discourses.

A collection of Judge Stephen M.

Written by a multidisciplinary team of medical and nursing experts, this fully-updated second edition provides evidence-based coverage of all frequently seen neonatal conditions.

State-sponsored torture and peacebuilding encapsulate the essence of many of the current conflicts in Indonesia.

Maintaining the importance of socio-economic issues in devising transitional justice mechanisms, this book examines the widespread practice of land grabbing in Afghanistan.

An easy to follow guide and referencer which contains all the technical information needed in sexual offences cases.

What is evidence-based policing and how is it done?

An interdisciplinary text that investigates mental capacity and considers how relationships can affect an individual''s ability to make decisions.

The first book about Guided Participation written for nursesThis authoritative publication delivers an in-depth examination of Guided Participation (GP), a dynamic process of teaching and learning that parents and guardians have used for generations to help their charges become self-reliant.

The second edition of Nursing Care of Children and Young People with Long Term Conditions remains the only nursing-specific text on the care of paediatric patients with chronic illness.

Delinquency Theories: Appraisals and applications provides a fulsome and accessible overview of contemporary theories of juvenile delinquency.

A collection of Judge Stephen M.

This book focuses on the testimonial evidence of traumatised witnesses in trials of international crimes, which deal with acts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Criminal Legislation in Ireland consolidates the most important and frequently used pieces of criminal legislation and facilitates easy reference for criminal practitioners and students alike.