Criminal law: procedure and offences

In 1962, a 15-year-old Arizona boy named Gerald Gault may or may not have made a lewd phone call to a neighbor.

This book examines the little or not previously researched roles and contributions of non-legal professionals in Japanese criminal justice against the background of recent social and legal changes that either gave birth to or affected the roles played by these "e;outsiders"e;.

This book examines the little or not previously researched roles and contributions of non-legal professionals in Japanese criminal justice against the background of recent social and legal changes that either gave birth to or affected the roles played by these "e;outsiders"e;.

This edited collection analyses, from multiple disciplinary perspectives, the issue of corruption in commercial enterprise across different sectors and jurisdictions.

This edited collection analyses, from multiple disciplinary perspectives, the issue of corruption in commercial enterprise across different sectors and jurisdictions.

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.

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.

The criminalisation of healthcare malpractice has become a highly topical and somewhat controversial question in recent years.

The criminalisation of healthcare malpractice has become a highly topical and somewhat controversial question in recent years.

The language of duress and necessity is found in crime, tort and contract.

The language of duress and necessity is found in crime, tort and contract.

Serving as an introduction to one of the "e;hottest"e; topics in financial crime, the Value Added Tax (VAT) fraud, this new and original book aims to analyze and decrypt the fraud and explore multi-disciplinary avenues, thereby exposing nuances and shades that remain concealed by traditional taxation oriented researches.

Serving as an introduction to one of the "e;hottest"e; topics in financial crime, the Value Added Tax (VAT) fraud, this new and original book aims to analyze and decrypt the fraud and explore multi-disciplinary avenues, thereby exposing nuances and shades that remain concealed by traditional taxation oriented researches.

If Nigeria fails to prosecute the crimes recognised under the Rome Statute, then the International Criminal Court (ICC) will intervene.

If Nigeria fails to prosecute the crimes recognised under the Rome Statute, then the International Criminal Court (ICC) will intervene.

This book tackles the challenging topic of corruption.

This book tackles the challenging topic of corruption.

Corporate Liability for Insider Trading examines the reasons why there have been no successful criminal prosecutions, or successful contested civil proceedings, against corporations for insider trading, and analyses the various rationales for prohibiting insider trading.

Corporate Liability for Insider Trading examines the reasons why there have been no successful criminal prosecutions, or successful contested civil proceedings, against corporations for insider trading, and analyses the various rationales for prohibiting insider trading.

Academics and researchers from the Nordic countries (Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland) have made a particularly strong contribution internationally to the rapidly developing disciplines of forensic and legal psychology.

Academics and researchers from the Nordic countries (Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland) have made a particularly strong contribution internationally to the rapidly developing disciplines of forensic and legal psychology.

This study, first published in 1978, compares the ways in which the systems in England, Scotland and the United States balance the necessity of meeting childrena s needs against the protection of their rights.

This study, first published in 1978, compares the ways in which the systems in England, Scotland and the United States balance the necessity of meeting childrena s needs against the protection of their rights.

Measuring Russian legal reform in relation to the rule-of-law ideal, this study also examines the legal institutions, culture and reform goals that have actually prevailed in Russia.

Measuring Russian legal reform in relation to the rule-of-law ideal, this study also examines the legal institutions, culture and reform goals that have actually prevailed in Russia.

This book is among the first books to consider post-communist Europe from the point of view of the rule of law.

This book is among the first books to consider post-communist Europe from the point of view of the rule of law.

Recent years have witnessed an increase in the attention given to the later stages of criminal careers.

Recent years have witnessed an increase in the attention given to the later stages of criminal careers.

That family violence injures and kills its victims both physically and psychologically was established over two decades ago by early researchers in this field.

That family violence injures and kills its victims both physically and psychologically was established over two decades ago by early researchers in this field.

The right to a fair trial is often held as a central constitutional protection.

The right to a fair trial is often held as a central constitutional protection.

Covering the Courts shows how writers and journalists deal with present-day major trials, such as those involving Timothy McVeigh and O.

Covering the Courts shows how writers and journalists deal with present-day major trials, such as those involving Timothy McVeigh and O.

Drug courts offer offenders an intensive court-based treatment program as an alternative to the normal adjudication process.

Drug courts offer offenders an intensive court-based treatment program as an alternative to the normal adjudication process.

"e;Migration, Prostitution, and Human Trafficking examines the nature, magnitude, and gravity of prostitution and sex trafficking--and the relationship between them--in contemporary China.

"e;Migration, Prostitution, and Human Trafficking examines the nature, magnitude, and gravity of prostitution and sex trafficking--and the relationship between them--in contemporary China.

The legal issues evoked by cross-border crime in Hong Kong and China are sparse and what does exist is mostly in Chinese.

The legal issues evoked by cross-border crime in Hong Kong and China are sparse and what does exist is mostly in Chinese.

The expansion and escalation of global terrorism has left populations across the world and decision-makers responsible for contending with it unprepared.

The expansion and escalation of global terrorism has left populations across the world and decision-makers responsible for contending with it unprepared.

This volume is based on a detailed analysis of change in the law and in the administration of justice affecting juvenile off enders in California in the fifties and sixties.

This volume is based on a detailed analysis of change in the law and in the administration of justice affecting juvenile off enders in California in the fifties and sixties.

Basing his argument on natural law, Graham J.

Basing his argument on natural law, Graham J.

Every law enforcement patrol officer and investigator needs to understand both the tactical considerations of stopping and frisking a suspect, and the legal constraints that should govern that power.

Every law enforcement patrol officer and investigator needs to understand both the tactical considerations of stopping and frisking a suspect, and the legal constraints that should govern that power.