Criminal Law category: 2380 books

This brand new edition of Death Penalty Cases makes the most manageable comprehensive resource on the death penalty even better. It includes the most recent cases, including Kennedy v. Louisiana, prohibiting the death penalty for child rapists, and Baze v. Rees, upholding execution by lethal injection....

        America is the most incarcerated country in the world. With only 5% of the global population, America has close to 25% of the prison population. Why is the supposedly “land of the free” now the land of the imprisoned? There are four key reasons: Americans are ignorant, apathetic and fearful...

This book addresses the myriad controversies and examines the evidence regarding capital punishment in America. It answers questions regarding topics like the efficacy of capital punishment in deterring violent crime, the risks of mistakes, legal issues related to capital punishment, and the monetary...

Paul C. Light examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures, bureaucratic mistakes, and personal misconduct undertaken by the U.S. federal government between 1945 and 2012. Launched by Congress or the president, sometimes by both at the same time, the investigations...

"En el marco del proceso de investigación de los estudiantes del Doctorado en Derecho de la Universidad Santo Tomás, la realización de disertaciones y de artículos resultan necesarios, ya que, gracias a este tipo de actividades, los estudiantes van practicando los adelantos de su indagación...

Cybercrime, computer crime, Internet crime, and technosecurity have been of increasing concern to citizens, corporations, and governments since their emergence in the 1980s. Addressing both the conventional and radical theories underlying this emerging criminological trend, including feminist theory,...

The Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Asia research project (coordinated by Zubaan and supported by the International Development Research Centre) brings together, for the first time in the region, a vast body of knowledge on this important yet silenced subject. Six country volumes (one each...

Delinquency Theories: Appraisals and applications provides a fulsome and accessible overview of contemporary theories of juvenile delinquency. The book opens with a comprehensive description of what a theory is, and explains how theories are created in the social sciences. Following on, each...

La primer parte de este documento consta de cuatro divisiones. Muestra el indispensable origen de la disciplina criminológica, desde hace siglos se ha venido construyendo, no propiamente con el título de Criminología, pero sí con actos, documentos y escritos, así como mandatos, que actualmente...

This practical handbook follows the successful flexicover format of Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook and is designed to complement that publication by offering guidance on good practice in core policing areas. Aimed at junior patrol officers, student officers and trainee detectives, it draws...

This is a book about what a logical legal system is, with some examples of how to change police policies to save lives and a talk about what judges should do to be logical instead of delusional as they almost always are.

For more than 20 years now, the attitude in some jurisdictions has been "if you're old enough to do the crime, you're old enough to do the time." After two decades of applying this increasingly punitive mindset to juvenile offenders, it is possible to see the actual consequences of transferring more...

This study presents a unique overview of the cultural, social and practical aspects of interviewing rape victims. Exploring a range of issues that affect rape cases including discourse, gender, attitudes and victim's rights, Rich reveals the complexities of sexual assault and looks to how communities can work to respond to and combat such violence.

The domestic sex trafficking of minors is a problem of growing concern yet little critical attention. This book analyzes the forces behind the sex-trafficking industry in the United States and provides a much-needed reference for practitioners. It adopts a holistic approach, pursuing a nuanced exploration...