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  • Gangs in America III

    The Third Edition of this popular anthology examines contemporary gangs, gang life, and law enforcement efforts to study and coordinate the community′s response to them. The book contains original essays from a broad array of renowned researchers and experienced practitioners who work with gangs. A wide variety of current topics and issues are covered, including: female gangs and ganging; ethnic ... Leer más

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  • Wrongful Convictions

    Causes and Remedies in North American and European Criminal Justice Systems

    Edición de C. Ronald Huff, Martin Killias ...
    Series series Criminology and Justice Studies
    This innovative work builds on Huff and Killias’ earlier publication (2008), but is broader and more thoroughly comparative in a number of important ways:? (1) while focusing heavily on wrongful convictions, it places the subject of wrongful convictions in the broader contextual framework of miscarriages of justice and provides discussions of different types of miscarriages of justice that have ... Leer más

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  • Convicted but Innocent

    Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy

    "This important book, joining many others about the possibility and actuality of executing innocent persons . . . examines the full range of potential and real cases in which innocent people are falsely accused, convicted, and incarcerated and describes the variety of missteps in our criminal justice system that lead to unjust imprisonment . . . . In six clearly written chapters the authors ... Leer más

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  • Wrongful Conviction

    International Perspectives on Miscarriages of Justice

    Edición de C. Ronald Huff, Martin Killias ...
    Imperfections in the criminal justice system have long intrigued the general public and worried scholars and legal practitioners. In Wrongful Conviction, criminologists C. Ronald Huff and Martin Killias present an important collection of essays that analyzes cases of injustice across an array of legal systems, with contributors from North America, Europe and Israel. This collection includes a ... Leer más

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  • DeathQuest

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    This fifth edition of the first true textbook on the death penalty engages the reader with a full account of the arguments and issues surrounding capital punishment. The book begins with the history of the death penalty from colonial to modern times, and then examines the moral and legal arguments for and against capital punishment. It also provides an overview of major Supreme Court decisions and ... Leer más

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  • Revolutionary Suicide

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  • Principles of Criminology

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    This classic has been the most authoritative text in the field since 1924. The thoroughly revised Eleventh Edition continues to provide a sound, sophisticated, sociological treatment of the principal issues in criminology. ... Leer más

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  • Miscarriages of Justice in Canada

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    Innocent people are regularly convicted of crimes they did not commit. A number of systemic factors have been found to contribute to wrongful convictions, including eyewitness misidentification, false confessions, informant testimony, official misconduct, and faulty forensic evidence.In Miscarriages of Justice in Canada, Kathryn M. Campbell offers an extensive overview of wrongful convictions, ... Leer más

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