Criminal Law category: 2380 books
Merciful Judgments and Contemporary Society
Legal Problems, Legal Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Merciful Judgments and Contemporary Society: Legal Problems, Legal Possibilities explores the tension between law's need for and dependence on merciful judgments and suspicions that regularly accompany them. Rather than focusing primarily on definitional questions or the longstanding debate about...
Threat Perceptions
The Policing of Dangers from Eugenics to the War on Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2010
Threat Perceptions: The Policing of Dangers from Eugenics to the War on Terrorism is a study of the legal, scientific and social constructions of danger and risk of crime in the United States since the late nineteenth century. Governance of risk has emerged as an intrinsic part of the legislative...
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The Scandal That Brought Down Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
The sex scandal that toppled Dominique Strauss-Kahn gripped the world with its salacious allegations, dramatic twists, and a stunning turnabout in court. But the public saw only a fraction of what really went on behind the scenes, where justice played second fiddle to egos, political pressures, and...
by Gianrico Carofiglio
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Un manuale sulla tecnica dell'interrogatorio su come demolire o rafforzare una testimonianza nel dibattimento penale, tutto costruito su casi concreti di veri interrogatori. Uno sguardo privilegiato sull'officina dello scrittore.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Offender supervision in Europe has developed rapidly in scale, distribution and intensity in recent years. However, the emergence of mass supervision in the community has largely escaped the attention of legal scholars and social scientists more concerned with the mass incarceration reflected in prison...
Public Corruption
Regional and National Perspectives on Procurement Fraud
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
This volume presents the latest scholarly research on the practice of public corruption. The authors explore the causes and methods of fraud-related crime, as well as how it can be detected. The book also investigates the best strategies to prevent corruption, as well as convention punishments for...
When Prisoners Come Home
Parole and Prisoner Reentry
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
Every year, hundreds of thousands of jailed Americans leave prison and return to society. Largely uneducated, unskilled, often without family support, and with the stigma of a prison record hanging over them, many if not most will experience serious social and psychological problems after release....
by Neil Addison
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007
Dealing with this new and controversial area, this is the first comprehensive guide to religious discrimination and hatred legislation. Written by a practising barrister, experienced in all courts and tribunals, this book uses many practical examples covering all forms of religious belief.
Exploring...
Detention of Terrorism Suspects
Political Discourse and Fragmented Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Controversial erosions of individual liberties in the name of anti-terrorism are ongoing in liberal democracies. The focus of this book is on the manner in which strategic discourse has been used to create accepted political narratives. It specifically links aspects of that discourse to problematic...
by Róisín Mulgrew
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Based on extensive empirical research, this groundbreaking book describes and analyses existing systems for enforcing sentences of imprisonment imposed by international criminal courts and makes recommendations for the strategic and structural development of the international penal system. In particular,...
True Witness
Cops, Courts, Science, and the Battle against Misidentification
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Honest but mistaken eyewitnesses are the leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States. As the innocent go to prison their lives are shattered; as the criminal goes free, the public remains vulnerable. With a vivid cast of brilliant scientists, street-wise cops, and former prosecutors--all...
The Meaning of Life
The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
**“I can think of no authors more qualified to research the complex impact of life sentences than Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis. They have the expertise to track down the information that all citizens need to know and the skills to translate that research into accessible and powerful prose.”
—Heather...
Criminologies of the Military
Militarism, National Security and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
This innovative collection offers one of the first analyses of criminologies of the military from an interdisciplinary perspective. While some criminologists have examined the military in relation to the area of war crimes, this collection considers a range of other important but less explored aspects...
by Susan Caringella
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2008
The first comprehensive book on rape since Susan Brownmiller's Against Our Will and Susan Estrich's Real Rape, this volume probes every aspect of rape law and the discrepancies between ideal law (on the books) and real law (in action). Susan Caringella canvasses the success and failure of reform in...