Criminal law: procedure and offences

Das Werk richtet sich - der Konzeption der Reihe entsprechend - in erster Linie an Studierende der Rechtswissenschaft in den ersten Semestern und möchte insoweit die Grundlagen des Strafrechts Besonderer Teil verständlich und im Überblick darstellen.

Mehrere Frauen, gequält und misshandelt, jahrelang - von Angelika und Wilfried B.

The Science of Crime Scenes addresses the science of crime scene investigation and processing, including the latest methods and technologies.

El acto de determinación judicial de la pena, pese a sus evidentes implicaciones prácticas, continúa encontrándose requerido de ulteriores desarrollos dogmáticos.

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This edited collection is grounded in a green criminological approach to understand whether the law, both in effect and implications, reflects, refracts, or sublimates the social, political and ecological conditions of our times.

Life imprisonment is the punishment most often imposed worldwide for what societies regard as the most serious offences.

This book discusses new applications of technologies that have been or could be successfully employed to estimate the age of fingermarks.

This book adopts a cross-jurisdictional perspective to consider contemporary corporate whistleblowing issues from an ethical theoretical perspective, regulatory perspective, and practical perspective.

Practicing Forensic Criminology draws on examples from actual court cases and expert witness reports and testimony to demonstrate the merits and uses of substantive criminological knowledge in the applied setting of civil law and the courts.

The book reviews the origin and development of the exclusionary rule in China, and systematically explains the problems and challenges faced by criminal justice reformers.

An in-depth look at the consequences of New York City's dramatically expanded policing of low-level offensesFelony conviction and mass incarceration attract considerable media attention these days, yet the most common criminal-justice encounters are for misdemeanors, not felonies, and the most common outcome is not prison.

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.

At the height of the Middle Ages, a peculiar system of perpetual exile-or abjuration-flourished in western Europe.

More than the citizens of most countries, Americans are either religious or in jail--or both.

Essentials of Medicolegal Death Investigation uses a unique approach by combining medical issues, injury patterns, and investigative procedures to provide the reader with the basic fundamentals for a death investigation.

The Effective Security Officer's Training Manual, Third Edition teaches today's security officers the most important aspects of performing the job of a security officer professionally and effectively.

The Routledge International Handbook of Homicide Investigation will be the first of its kind to bring together research and personal insights from detectives, practitioners, academics and experts internationally on various complexities that are involved in the investigation of homicides.

The Routledge International Handbook of Homicide Investigation will be the first of its kind to bring together research and personal insights from detectives, practitioners, academics and experts internationally on various complexities that are involved in the investigation of homicides.

The Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj Banjade murder case gripped the imagination of the nation for the better part of a decade, and is likely to remain a running story for many more years.

Trafficking in human beings (THB) has been described as modern slavery.

The Science of Crime Scenes addresses the science of crime scene investigation and processing, including the latest methods and technologies.

Legislation relating to animals has ancient origins and in many civilizations certain species have held particular significance, be it religious, cultural, nutritional, or sporting.

Fundamentals of Forensic Science, Second Edition, provides an introduction to the basic principles of forensic science.

For 40 years, this classic text has taken the issue of economic inequality seriously and asked: Why are our prisons filled with the poor?

Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains unprecedentedly high.

From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with NetflixsThe Staircasecomes a bracing account of abuses of power and corruption in the criminal justice system.

This book examines the concept of witness protection which is still at an early developmental stage in several African countries including Nigeria, from a legal and institutional perspective.

Police Intelligence: Totality of Circumstances is an essential resource and is designed for any individual who may encounter the field of criminal justice, whether the person is a police chief who oversees the department's standard operating procedures, a police officer who enforces the law, a civilian who is expected to follow the law, a lawyer who may challenge an action in court, or a judge who will interpret the law.

Drawing from an interdisciplinary body of research and data, Women of Piracy employs a criminological lens to explore how women have been involved in, and impacted by, maritime piracy operations from the 16th century to present day piracy off the coast of Somalia.

This book includes guiding cases of the Supreme People's Court, cases deliberated at the Adjudication Committee of the Supreme People's Court, and cases discussed at the Joint Meetings of Presiding Judges from various tribunals.

Prison Segregation: The Limits of Law explores the use of segregation in English prisons by examining how law is used and experienced, and how human rights are upheld.

Prison Segregation: The Limits of Law explores the use of segregation in English prisons by examining how law is used and experienced, and how human rights are upheld.

This handbook provides a unique overview of rehabilitation as practiced internationally in criminal justice.

Private Security Law: Case Studies is uniquely designed for the special needs of private security practitioners, students, and instructors.

This book explores victims' views of plea negotiations and the level of input that they desire.

A Brookings Institution Press and the Hoover Institution and the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law publicationThe events of September 11 and subsequent American actions irrevocably changed the political, military, and legal landscapes of U.

A Litigator's Guide to DNA educates both criminal law students and forensic science students about all aspects of the use of DNA evidence in criminal and civil trials.

Originally published in 1985, Police and Public Order in Europe examines the development of the police in Western Europe and considers how police functions have changed over time.

Analyzing what is known about violence against women, this book centers on the contrast between the U.

Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice, Second Edition, offers readers an overview of domestic violence and its effects on society and includes helpful measures to curtail its rapid growth and widespread harm.

The Political Economy of Plea Bargaining provides the political, economic, and cultural context for understanding the evolution of plea bargaining as a juridical technology implemented to ensure the efficient administration of violations of criminal law.

This edited collection brings together leading and emerging scholars in the important field of sexual violence scholarship.

Presenting cutting-edge research and scholarship, this extensive volume covers everything from abstract theorising about the meanings of responsibility and how we blame, to analysing criminal law and justice responses, and factors that impact individual responsibility.

Blackstone's Senior Investigating Officers' Handbook is aimed at meeting the reference needs of officers who investigate serious, major, and organised crime.

The vast and mysterious world of criminals, from ancient times through the 21st century, is vividly captured in The Great Pictorial History of World Crime.

Utilising Lon Fuller's conception of legality, this book argues that current legal provisions often used to control online abuse aided by social media do not conform to the basic principles of legality in the criminal law, in turn, threatening freedom of expression.

Faith in Rights explores why and how Christian nongovernmental organizations conduct human rights work at the United Nations.

The philosophy of being righteous essentially sustains our existence, questioning the sphere of morality in man.