Criminal Law category: 2380 books
by Anthony Amatrudo, Leslie William Blake
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
We now live in a world which thinks through the legislative implications of criminal justice with one eye on human rights. Human Rights and the Criminal Justice System provides comprehensive coverage of human rights as it relates to the contemporary criminal justice system. As well as being a significant...
Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform
Learning from Failure
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
In this revised edition of their concise, readable, yet wide-ranging book, Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox tackle a question students and scholars of law, criminology, and political science constantly face: what mistakes have led to the problems that pervade the criminal justice system in the United States?...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
This book is a comparative study of the exclusion of illegally gathered evidence in the criminal trial , which includes 15 country studies, a chapter on the European Court of Human Rights, and a comparative synthetic conclusion. No other book has undertaken such a broad comparative study of exclusionary...
The Innocent and the Criminal Justice System
A Sociological Analysis of Miscarriages of Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
The Innocent and the Criminal Justice System examines competing perspectives on, and definitions of, miscarriages of justice to tackle these questions and more in this critical sociological examination of innocence and wrongful conviction.
This book:
• is the first book of its kind...
Sex Offender Laws
Failed Policies, New Directions
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
"This volume of readings provides an excellent source of information about sex offender laws and policies."--International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
"Sex Offender Laws...is a good source for balanced, objective, and thorough critique of our current sex offender...
The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales
Volume II: Institution-Building
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Volume II of The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales traces, for the first time, the genesis and early evolution of two principal institutions in the criminal justice system, the Crown Court and the Crown Prosecution Service.
This volume examines the origins and shaping...
White Collar Crime
A Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
White collar crime has expanded significantly over the course of the past two decades. Yet, not only as the amount of national and international legislation in the field grown, but it has also endured changes driving it away from the classic criminal law. These trends have been reflected in changes...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2019
The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process surveys the topics and issues in the field of criminal process, including the laws, institutions, and practices of the criminal justice administration. The process begins with arrests or with crime investigation such as searches for evidence. It continues through...
Healing Criminal Justice
A Journey to Restore Community in Our Courts
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Healing Criminal Justice celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP). Written by its founding president and president emeritus, it describes NADCP’s path to nation-wide champion of criminal justice drug reform.
The central theme of Healing...
Illusion of Justice
Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Interweaving his account of the Steven Avery trial at the heart of Making a Murderer with other high profile cases from his criminal defense career, attorney Jerome F. Buting explains the flaws in America’s criminal justice system and lays out a provocative, persuasive blue-print for reform.
Over...
by Richard Card, Jack English
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Now in its fifteenth edition, this well-respected and highly regarded book covers all areas of law and legal procedure which are of interest to police officers. Updated to include new legislation such as the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, the Deregulation...
Knowledge as Power
Criminal Registration and Community Notification Laws in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Societies have long sought security by identifying potentially dangerous individuals in their midst. America is surely no exception. Knowledge as Power traces the evolution of a modern technique that has come to enjoy nationwide popularity—criminal registration laws. Registration, which originated...
by Otto G. Obermaier
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2019
“A fundamental and essential addition to every practitioner's bookshelf.” —Stephen E. Kaufman, Former Chief of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York White collar crime continues to make headlines. But many cases that may not make the headlines are just...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Although sexual violence directed at both females and males is a reality in many on-going conflicts throughout the world today, accountability for the perpetrators of such violence remains the exception rather than the rule. While awareness of the problem is growing, more effective approaches are...