Criminal Law category: 2380 books
Arguments, Stories and Criminal Evidence
A Formal Hybrid Theory
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
In this book a theory of reasoning with evidence in the context of criminal cases is developed. The main subject of this study is not the law of evidence but rather the rational process of proof, which involves constructing, testing and justifying scenarios about what happened using evidence and commonsense...
To Serve and Protect
Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1998
In contrast to government's predominant role in criminal justice today, for many centuries crime control was almost entirely private and community-based. Government police forces, prosecutors, courts, and prisons are all recent historical developments–results of a political and bureaucratic social...
Hypercrime
The New Geometry of Harm
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2007
Hypercrime develops a new theoretical approach toward current reformulations in criminal behaviours, in particular the phenomenon of cybercrime. Emphasizing a spatialized conception of deviance, one that clarifies the continuities between crime in the traditional, physical context and developing spaces...
by Michael Flax
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
This text is designed to provide students with a basic and philosophical understanding of the investigatory process regarding conspiracy crime(s). Through this text, students will explore the fundamental and advanced features of investigation, duties and responsibilities of relevant criminal justice...
The Rights of the Accused Under The Sixth Amendment
Trials, Presentation of Evidence, and Confrontation
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013
This essential resource takes a close look at The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and those key provisions which impact mightily on defendants in criminal prosecutions.
The book was authored by four noted legal professionals, each from different backgrounds (private practice of law,...
More Money, More Crime
Prosperity and Rising Crime in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
While worldwide crime is declining overall, criminality in Latin America has reached unprecedented levels that have ushered in social unrest and political turmoil. Despite major political and economic gains, crime has increased in every Latin American country over the past 25 years, currently making...
Sentencing
Time for a Paradigm Shift
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Sentencing is the process through which the legitimacy of punishment is declared and justified. However, it is increasingly portrayed as a social activity which should be more responsive to the pluralistic needs and values of individuals and communities in contemporary society. It will therefore have...
Crime and Justice, Volume 41
Prosecutors and Politics: A Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Prosecutors are powerful figures in any criminal justice system. They decide what crimes to prosecute, whom to pursue, what charges to file, whether to plea bargain, how aggressively to seek a conviction, and what sentence to demand. In the United States, citizens can challenge decisions by police,...
by Verónica Michel
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
The responsibility of any state is to protect its citizens. But if a state, either through omission or commission, fails to investigate and prosecute crime then what remedies do citizens have? Verónica Michel investigates procedural rights in Chile, Guatemala, and Mexico that allow citizens to call...
Crime Scene Investigation
An Introduction to CSI
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
An introduction to the investigative concepts involved in the dynamics of processing the aftermath of a criminal incident. Covers how to respond to crime scenes, and examines the multitude of responsibilities involved, such as: the identifying and preserving evidence, isolating and interviewing witnesses,...
by Martha A. Myers, Susette M. Talarico
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Historically, the announcement and invocation of criminal penalties were public spectacles. Today, fear of crime and disaffection with the criminal justice system guarantee that this public fascination with punishment continues. In the past decade, virtually every legislature in the country has undertaken...
Male Criminal Activity from Childhood Through Youth
Multilevel and Developmental Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Male Criminal Activity From Childhood Through Youth reports the results of a large longitudinal study from 1972 to 1985 on a sample of delinquents and a comparison sample of the population in Montreal. A clarification emerges from this extensive study: how to describe criminal activity in a comprehensive...
by David da Silva Ramalho
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: August 31, 2017
O mundo digital traz desafios novos e relevantes ao Direito Processual Penal. As caracteristicas da prova digital e a proliferac?o de tecnicas anti-forenses, aptas a frustrar investigac?es criminais com reduzido esforco, imp?em a renovac?o de criterios e factores a considerar no recurso a metodos...
Law Street
America’S Dysfunctional and Sometimes Corrupt Legal System
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
The American legal system is far from perfect. High standards of fairness and equal justice for all are lacking, and conflicts of interest are an integral part of the systems practitioners. In Law Street, author Wim J.M. Touw discusses the ills of the American legal system and investigates the roots...