Criminal justice law

Awarded Digital Book World's Best Book Published by a University Press In this unprecedented view from the trenches, prosecutor turned champion for the innocent MarkGodseytakes us inside the frailties of the human mind as they unfold in real-world wrongful convictions.

Hate crime has become an increasingly familiar term in recent times as problems of bigotry and prejudice continue to pose complex challenges for societies across the world.

This book explores the profound impact of peer support within the bleak landscape of incarceration.

The death penalty has inspired controversy for centuries.

First published in 1976, this book examines the practical workings of the English criminal court system, focusing on the defendant's experiences of the system and the decisions he takes as he passes through it.

Life is characterised by movement, change and development, including transitions, losses and grief.

Featuring contributions from scholars from across the globe, Routledge Handbook of Public Criminologies is a comprehensive resource that addresses the challenges related to public conversations around crime and policy.

This book explores the intersection of two emergent and vibrant fields of study in international human rights law: transitional justice and corporate accountability for human rights abuses.

This book presents a feminist historical materialist analysis of the ways in which the law, policing and penal regimes have overlapped with social policies to coercively discipline the poor and marginalized sectors of the population throughout the history of capitalism.

The Art of Investigation Revisited: Practical Tips from the Experts examines the qual- ities required to be a professional, thorough, and effective investigator and is a follow up to the authors' highly touted book, The Art of Investigation (2019).

El juicio sobre los hechos ha pertenecido durante mucho tiempo, sea al ámbito de cuestiones jurídicas no problemáticas, sea a una «zona de penumbra» donde reina el arbitrio judicial.

The objective of Arab Criminology is to establish a criminological subfield called 'Arab Criminology.

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

This book analyses how international criminal institutions, and their actors - legal counsels, judges, investigators, registrars - construct witness identity and memory.

Transitional justice processes are now considered to be crucial steps in facilitating the move from conflict or repression to a secure democratic future.

This book examines the understudied, yet increasingly applied, concept of Guarantees of Non-Repetition under international human rights law and transitional justice.

This title presents the findings of the Policing for London project, an independent investigation into policing in London in the wake of the death of Stephen Lawrence and the subsequent MacPherson Report.

Cost-effective methods for improving crime control in AmericaSince the crime explosion of the 1960s, the prison population in the United States has multiplied fivefold, to one prisoner for every hundred adults-a rate unprecedented in American history and unmatched anywhere in the world.

Standing at the intersection of criminology and philosophy, this book demonstrates the ways in which mythic movies and television series can provide an understanding of actual crimes and social harms.

This volume is the first comprehensive empirical examination of the premises and effects of sex offender registration and notification laws.

This book is the result of research conducted in Polish post-criminal isolation units related to the accessibility of religious practices and services for people incarcerated there.

Over the past several years, myriad manuals on crime scene investigations have been published with each focusing on select, or partial, aspects of the investigation.

Origins of Terrorism: The Rise of the World's Most Formidable Terrorist Groups examines the roots of Islamic terrorism, it's history, and some of the foundational figures in prominent terrorist organizations.

The Law Officer's Pocket Manual is a handy, pocket-sized, spiral-bound manual that highlights basic legal rules for quick reference and offers examples showing how those rules are applied.

How did Canadian border officers come to think of themselves as a "e;police of the border"e;?

This book examines how attorneys enable a meaningful opportunity for release for individuals sentenced to life as juveniles.

How often is the defense of insanity or temporary insanity for accused criminals valid-or is it ever legitimate?

The growing body of work on imprisonment, desistance and rehabilitation has mainly focused on policies and treatment programmes and how they are delivered.

A Restorative Approach to Family Violence looks back at an early and successful demonstration of a family and culturally based model to stop severe family violence.

The Handbook on Prisons and Jails brings together some of the brightest scholars and thinkers in the field to offer a wide range of perspectives for understanding the experiences of persons incarcerated or working/volunteering within carceral institutions.

Restorative justice occupies an important place in criminological literature and criminal justice policies and is about facilitating communication between victims, offenders and communities in search of conciliation.

This handbook provides readers with coverage of the various interview and interrogation techniques used across the world with victims, witnesses, and suspected offenders.

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.

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.

Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice: An International Dilemma, Second Edition, takes a unique comparative approach to the exploration of race- and ethnicity-related justice issues in five countries around the world.

In the course of the 20th and 21st centuries, major offences committed by individuals have been subject to progressive systematisation in the framework of international criminal law.

Modern international criminal law typically traces its origins to the twentieth-century Nuremberg and Tokyo trials, excluding the slave trade and abolition.

Crime and Criminal Justice in America, Third Edition, addresses the major controversial issues in U.

Apologies from Death Row explores the notion of remorse, apologies, and forgiveness within the context of capital punishment in the United States, through the final words of offenders on death row, and the covictims' responses to them in their statements to the press after witnessing the execution.

This book continues the two scholars' endeavours for opening up more spaces for alternative perspectives, analyses and praxis in interculturality.

Forensic Science Errors and Wrongful Convictions: Case Studies and Root Causes provides a rigorous and detailed examination of two key issues: the continuing problem of wrongful convictions and the role of forensic science in these miscarriages of justice.

'Revolutionises our understanding of the carceral state' - Fidelis Chebe, Director of Migrant ActionDuring 2019-20 in England and Wales, over 17 million hours of labour were carried out by more than 12,500 people incarcerated in prisons, while many people in immigration removal centres also worked.

Este trabajo es un estudio reducido de la tesis presentada en el libro Fundamentos de la Teoría Significativa de la Imputación, publicado por esta Editora en 2019, y presenta la estructura de una teoría alternativa a la teoría de la imputación, trayendo un concepto unitario de dolo que excluye toda posibilidad de clasificar el delito doloso, acabando con los denominados dolo directo de segundo grado y el dolo eventual, cambiándolos en nuevos tipos de imputación, como la imprudencia consciente gravísima y la imprudencia consciente grave, respectivamente.

The Concentrate Q&As are a result of a collaboration involving hundreds of law students and lecturers from universities across the UK.

A gripping biography by the author of Brave New WorldIn 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake.

A CRIME BURIED FOR YEARS.

As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping a white girl - a crime some believe he did not commit.

A MURDER HE CAN'T FORGET.

Die Fachtage "Familienorientierung im Strafvollzug" an der Hochschule Merseburg 2017 und 2018 hatten zum Ziel, AkteurInnen aus den Bereichen der Justiz, der Freien Straffälligenhilfe, aber auch andere professionell Handelnde, in einen moderierten Prozess des Austauschs über eine stärkere Orientierung des Vollzuges an den Bedarfen von Familien zu bringen.