Criminal Law category: 2380 books
by Peter Hall
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
Why you should be reading this book.
To the victims of crime: Make no mistake about it, after reading this book, you will know beyond a reasonable doubt that prisoners in jail are suffering. Whether it is on the city, county, or state level, prisoners are living in a world that far extends...
by Anthony Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
The new edition of the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner. Incorporating essential extracts from the Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines, it offers all you need in one trustworthy source. Covering all the key aspects...
The History of Mental Illness in Criminal Cases: The English Tradition
The Role of Mental Illness in Criminal Trials
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Viola Abelius
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Law - Penology, grade: 58 Punkte = 2,5, University of Portsmouth (Institute of Criminal Justice), language: English, abstract: In the 1970's the 'nothing works' theory emerged by the works of a number of researchers doubting the effectiveness of probation...
Hostage Situations
Management, Negotiations and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
An introductory text for students entering the field, or professionals seeking continued professional development in the issues of hostage situations. Includes cases studies and suggested checklists. This title is appropriate for criminal justice, criminal investigation, and homeland security programs....
by Claire Valier
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2005
Today, questions about how and why societies punish are deeply emotive and hotly contested. In Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Culture, Claire Valier argues that criminal justice is a key site for the negotiation of new collective identities and modes of belonging. Exploring both popular cultural...
by Kirby Clements Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
This essential guide provides comprehensive, simple instructions to avoid breaking the law and how to conduct yourself if you find that you are being accused of violating the law. Written by a seasoned former prosecutor and now defense attorney who regularly appears as a TV legal analyst, the book...
Professional Investigations
Concepts & Strategies for Investigators in the Private Sector
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
This text covers the history of private investigations and provides a comparison and contrast the role of a private investigator to the role of government investigators. The students will also learn to identify strategies for business development and environment and be able to analyze ethical and...
Police Research in the Federal Republic of Germany
15 Years Research Within the “Bundeskriminalamt”
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In 1973, the central office of the German police, the Federal Criminal Police Office, was legally obliged "to maintain the necessary facilities for...research in forensic science", "to monitor crime trends and compile analytical reports and statistics on this basis", and "to...
Beyond the Prison Gates
Punishment and Welfare in Germany, 1850-1933
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Germany today has one of the lowest incarceration rates in the industrialized world, and social welfare principles play an essential role at all levels of the German criminal justice system. Warren Rosenblum examines the roots of this social approach to criminal policy in the reform movements of the...
by Emmanuel Ioannides
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
This book critically analyses fundamental principles of EU law for the control of international economic crime. Discussing how the reporting system and the exchange of information are at the heart of the global anti-money laundering regime, the study also looks at the inferential force of financial...
Hostage Situations
From Crisis Intervention to Dealing With Terrorists
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
An introductory guide for those seeking professional development in the issues of hostage situations. Includes cases studies and suggested checklists. This titls is appropriate for criminal justice, criminal investigation, and homeland security programs. It is also suited for programs in emergency...
Thinking about Crime
Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2004
In this wide-ranging analysis, Michael Tonry argues that those responsible for crafting America's criminal justice policy have lost their way in a forest of good intentions, political cynicism, and public anxieties. American crime control politics over time have created a punishment system no one...
Abetting Batterers
What Police, Prosecutors, and Courts Aren't Doing to Protect America's Women
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
Whatever the number, domestic violence victims remain far too many for a preventable crime. More and more victims of intimate partner violence are reaching out to police, prosecutors and judges only to be sorely disappointed, even betrayed. While laws and programs have multiplied over the last few...