Crime at El Escorial presents a comparative social and judicial analysis of an 1892 child murder, drawing from newspaper archives among other historical documents.
Thoroughly revised and updated, this edition of the classic casebook on police ethics explores the moral complexities of situations faced by law enforcement officers every day across the United States.
An unprecedented look at the evolution of American police, from filling their intended role as peacekeepers and guardians of citizen rights to calling themselves-and acting primarily as-"e;law enforcement officers.
This comprehensive reference work serves as an important resource for anyone interested in the international prosecution of war crimes and how it has evolved.
The Royal Financial Administration and the Prosecution of Crime in France, 1670-1789 explores the French monarchy's role in financing criminal prosecutions in the royal courts of the realm-the payment of criminal frais de justice in the vocabulary of the ancien regime-between 1670 and 1789 (that is, from the codification of criminal judicial procedure in the early period of Louis XIV's personal rule to the outbreak of the French Revolution).
The Royal Financial Administration and the Prosecution of Crime in France, 1670-1789 explores the French monarchy's role in financing criminal prosecutions in the royal courts of the realm-the payment of criminal frais de justice in the vocabulary of the ancien regime-between 1670 and 1789 (that is, from the codification of criminal judicial procedure in the early period of Louis XIV's personal rule to the outbreak of the French Revolution).
Crime at El Escorial presents a comparative social and judicial analysis of an 1892 child murder, drawing from newspaper archives among other historical documents.
The second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America, particularly from the beginning of the 1970s.
The second volume of Select Legal Topics updates, analyses, and covers current developments in such areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, state civil procedure, civil rights matters, constitutional issues, and significant recent Supreme Court decisions.
Forgotten Reformer traces criminal justice practice and reform developments in late nineteenth-century America through the life and career of Robert McClaughry, a leading reformer.
When The Shield first appeared on US television in March 2002, it broke ratings records with the highest audience-rated original series premiere in cable history.
Prepare and Defend: Keep Yourself and Others Safe from Mass Murder Attacks gives readers the insider knowledge unavailable anywhere else that could ultimately save their lives.
From the Sunday Times Bestselling author Dr Amanda BrownRevisit the wold of The Prison Doctor, as she describes stories of her time spent with foreign national prisoners.
Implementing effective crime reduction requires deliberate thought and effort to integrate processes into the police organization, its culture, and the day-to-day work.
Tras una baja médica por el covid decidí "ponerme al día" de una manera algo extensa, ya que la base legal en todo lo referente a la detención policial se encuentra muy dispersa, y más aún el tema del uso de la fuerza abordado en abstracto por nuestras leyes.
La actual teoria de la prueba en el mundo latino se caracteriza por la aceptacion generalizada de que el proceso judicial se orienta a la busqueda de la verdad y por la necesidad de una justificacion racional del juicio de hecho, es decir, por un enfoque argumentativo de la prueba.
Critical works by legendary Black radical and political prisoner Martin SostreI Cannot Submit to Injusticesis a collection of works by Black Puerto Rican revolutionary Martin Sostre.
This book analyses the experiences of mothers in the criminal justice system, arguing that a legal system oriented around the idea of isolating and punishing individuals - without considering the relational dynamics in which they are embedded - produces disproportionate punishment for mothers.
This book analyses the experiences of mothers in the criminal justice system, arguing that a legal system oriented around the idea of isolating and punishing individuals - without considering the relational dynamics in which they are embedded - produces disproportionate punishment for mothers.
This book expands the growing field of punishment ecology and advances an environmental theory of punishment that centralises Nature as a political force capable of exercising penal power.
This book expands the growing field of punishment ecology and advances an environmental theory of punishment that centralises Nature as a political force capable of exercising penal power.
Juvenile Justice: An Introduction, Eleventh Edition, presents a comprehensive picture of juvenile offending, delinquency theories, and the ways juvenile justice actors and agencies react to delinquency.
Juvenile Justice: An Introduction, Eleventh Edition, presents a comprehensive picture of juvenile offending, delinquency theories, and the ways juvenile justice actors and agencies react to delinquency.
On cold courthouse steps, in dusty jail cells, and inside forgotten trial transcripts, America quietly reinvented its justice system—again and again—after tragedy forced its hand.