Criminal justice law

This book investigates the relationship between the International Criminal Court and Africa (the ICC or the Court), asking why and how the international criminal justice system has so far largely failed the victims of atrocities in Africa.

When studying international law there is often a risk of focusing entirely on the content of international rules (i.

In this book author Michele P.

Public Corruption in the United States provides a comprehensive view of public corruption, including discussion on its types, methods, trends, challenges, and overall impact.

Drawing on empirical work and secondary analysis from the UK and Finnish construction industries, this book contributes a deep-rooted analysis of construction industry harms that originate from corporate-industrialstate processes.

Personal Ethics and Ordinary Heroes: The Social Context of Morality examines what it means to be an authentic hero and provides real-life narratives that underscore the ethical principles guiding decision-making in the justice system and beyond.

Virtually every constitutional order in the common law world contains a provision for executive clemency or pardon in criminal cases.

This monograph illuminates the connections between juvenile defense policies and the racially disparate impact of the juvenile justice system.

Criminal Justice and Criminology Research Methods, Third Edition, is an accessible and engaging text that offers balanced coverage of a full range of contemporary research methods.

This book is dedicated to improving the practice of the policing of domestic abuse.

This book reflects multidisciplinary and cross-jurisdictional analysis of issues surrounding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and the criminal justice system, and the impact on Aboriginal children, young people, and their families.

Originally published in 1998, this handbook describes the statutes and cases that defined the governance, control and authority of the provincial police forces in England and Wales at the time.

From ancient to modern times, sexualised war violence against women was tolerated if not encouraged as a means of reward, propaganda, humiliation, and terror.

This book provides transnational insight into cultural property crimes and the cutting-edge work tackling issues ranging from currency crimes to innovative research methods.

Briefs of Leading Cases in Corrections, Sixth Edition, offers extensive updates on the leading Supreme Court cases impacting corrections in the United States-prisons and jails, probation, parole, the death penalty, juvenile justice, and sexual assault offender laws.

Environmental crimes are primarily driven by financial motives.

This book provides a theoretically informed guide to the practice of working with offenders in different settings and for different purposes.

Throughout the western world public opinion has played an important role in shaping criminal justice policy.

This collection explores a variety of issues facing contemporary juries, bringing together innovative research from different disciplines and jurisdictions.

This Handbook brings together the voices of a range of contributors interested in the many varied experiences of women in criminal justice systems, and who are seeking to challenge the status quo.

This volume provides an important and exciting contribution to the knowledge on punishment across Europe.

Throughout much of the western world more and more people are being sent to prison, one of a number of changes inspired by a 'new punitiveness' in penal and political affairs.

Practical Program Evaluation for Criminal Justice shows readers how to apply the principles of fiscal responsibility, accountability, and evidence-based practice to criminal justice reform plans.

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Skinheads go beyond the societal stereotype of hate mongers, bigots, and Neo-Nazis.

This book examines key relationships between material circumstances and crime, and analyzes the areas of social policy - in particular social security and labour market policy - that are most important in terms of dealing with inequality at the lower end of the income hierarchy.

All the world's criminal justice systems need to undertake direct work with people who have come into their care or are under their supervision as a result of criminal offences.

In Male-Male Murder, Dobash and Dobash - experienced researchers, award winning authors and long-time collaborators use evidence from their Murder Study to examine 424 men who murdered another man.

This book discusses private policing conducted by fraud examiners and financial crime specialists when there is suspicion of white-collar crime.

This book provides a socio-legal examination of the media's influence on the development and implementation of criminal justice policy.

American criminal justice is a dysfunctional mess.

Setenta y cinco años después de ser introducida por Edwin Sutherland, la noción de «delincuencia de cuello blanco» ha conseguido imponerse no sólo en la criminología, sino también en otras disciplinas, como el Derecho penal, la sociología, la ciencia política e incluso en el lenguaje cotidiano.

This book is the first examination of the history of prison policy in Ireland.

American law enforcement, and the public's perception of police, is a topic of growing interest among academics, practitioners, and policymakers.

Every day, newspapers, magazines, web sites, and social media feature articles about the prevalence of crime.

Challenging Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: A Game of Moves and Countermoves takes the unusual approach of exploring and describing how organized crime groups develop their capacities in response to heightened powers of law enforcement; and how law enforcement in turn responds, creating an ongoing dynamic interaction.

This book contributes to our knowledge of desistance in a developing country.

This book provides a comprehensive, student-friendly and critical introduction to youth justice in England and Wales, offering a balanced evaluation of its development, rationale, nature and evidence base.

Originally published in1988, Introducing Policework offered a new and concise overview of the controversial subject of policework at the time.

This carefully revised third edition of Criminal Psychology offers a vital, up-to-date account of the wide range of psychological contributions to the understanding of criminals and crime, its investigation, the legal processes of dealing with offenders, and helping victims.

This book examines how the European Court of Human Rights approaches the matter of evidence, and how its judgments affect domestic law.

"Según reiterada doctrina del TC español, «la constitucionalidad de cualquier medida restrictiva de derechos fundamentales viene determinada por la estricta observancia del principio de proporcionalidad».

In The Framework of Criminal Justice, originally published in 1981, the criminal justice process is analysed by using six models, each of which expresses a different justification for criminal justice and punishment: the due process model - exacting justice between equal parties; the crime control model - punishing wrong and preventing further crime; the bureaucratic model - controlling crime and criminals; the medical model - rehabilitating offenders; the status passage model - publicly denouncing the crime and criminal; and the power model - maintaining domination by the ruling class and reinforcing class values.

This book provides a holistic overview of the English and Welsh system of criminal justice, from the earliest stages of investigation and arrest through to the punishment and release of offenders.

Offering a range of theoretical and conceptual ideas as well as practical examples, this book provides a detailed insight into holistic opportunities for promoting desistance, reducing reoffending, and supporting (re)settlement and (re)integration.

First published in 1981.

This book addresses the effectiveness of transitional justice mechanisms for repairing social cohesion.

This book explores the challenges of transitional justice in West Africa, specifically how countries in the region have dealt with transitional justice problems in the last 30 years (1990-2020), and how they have managed the process.