Criminal Law category: 2380 books
Contemporary Perspectives on the Detection, Investigation and Prosecution of Art Crime
Australasian, European and North American Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
In the world of law enforcement art and antiquity crime has in the past usually assumed a place of low interest and priority. That situation has now slowly begun to change on both the local and international level as criminals, encouraged in part by the record sums now being paid for art treasures,...
by V. K. Hill
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Violet Hinton started out as a factory worker and put herself through college and law school with the help and support of her husband and four children.
She has been an attorney for 23 years and has primarily practiced in the areas of family and criminal law. On a couple of occasions she has...
The Mother of All Crimes
Human Rights, Criminalization and the Child Born Alive
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
This book considers the appropriate response of the criminal law with regard to women whose acts or omissions in pregnancy cause the death or injury of the child born alive. It compares recent developments in English law in the light of the Human Rights Act 1998, with those in America, which has seen...
by Simon McKay
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This text provides a clear and accessible introduction to the Investigatory Powers Act, a foundational piece of UK national security law. This act repeals part I, chapters 1 and 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and other surveillance legislation. This new legislation is the blueprint...
Neurolaw and Responsibility for Action
Concepts, Crimes, and Courts
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Law regulates human behaviour, a phenomenon about which neuroscience has much to say. Neuroscience can tell us whether a defendant suffers from a brain abnormality, or injury and it can correlate these neural deficits with criminal offending. Using fMRI and other technologies it might indicate whether...
Investing in Authoritarian Rule
Punishment and Patronage in Rwanda's Gacaca Courts for Genocide Crimes
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
This book shows how Rwanda's transitional courts that tried genocide crimes - the gacaca - produced social complicity and cemented authoritarian rule. It is unique for its in-depth investigation of the courts' legal operations: confessions, denunciation, and lay judging, and shows how targeted incentives...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
This guide could save your life! Compiled and edited by a 25 yr. veteran Police Officer and Certified Criminal Analyst, the guide contains 220 images of unique weapons and amazing and clever methods of concealment. Each item is captioned with the circumstances around its seizure or discovery. This...
Smuggling of Migrants by Sea
EU Legal Framework and Future Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2019
The book focuses on smuggling of migrants by sea from Africa to Europe and on the scope of European Union (EU) legal framework on this crime. The book argues that people smuggled by sea should be protected by EU law when they become victims of human trafficking or as potential victims of human trafficking....
Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition)
A Story of Justice and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
**#1 *NEW YORK TIMES *BESTSELLER • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time, as seen in the HBO documentary True Justice
“[Bryan Stevenson’s]...
Ghost of the Innocent Man
A True Story of Trial and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
One of the Best Books of 2017: National Public Radio, San Francisco Chronicle, Library Journal, Shelf Awareness
"Remarkable . . . Captivating . . . Rachlin is a skilled storyteller." --New York Times Book Review
"A gripping legal-thriller mystery . . . Profoundly elevates...
by Loraine Gelsthorpe, Margaret Malloch
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2004
Presenting research that will underpin effective practice with women who offend, this unique and thought-provoking text aims to help professionals meet the needs of this group as well as providing a theoretical resource for policy makers and academics. The authors, coming from a variety of professional...
Invisible Punishment
The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
In a series of newly commissioned essays from the leading scholars and advocates in criminal justice, Invisible Punishment explores, for the first time, the far-reaching consequences of our current criminal justice policies. Adopted as part of get tough on crime” attitudes that prevailed in the...
Summary and Analysis of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Based on the Book by Bryan Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Bryan Stevenson book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed...
The Big Red Fox
The Incredible Story of Norman "Red" Ryan, Canada's Most Notorious Criminal
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Norman "Red" Ryan was a notorious bank robber, safecracker, and killer. He escaped from Kingston Penitentiary twice - first by force, and then years later by gulling the credulous into believing that he was "reformed." The dupes of Ryan's second emancipation included the prison's...