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Understanding Criminal Law by Stephen Buckley 9780719075056
RRP: $63.00$44.75A complete understanding of criminal law is essential to pass the A2 in law, and this book provides that - for the first time linking all the elements of criminal law together to form a coherent whole. Written by two practising teachers, the book is... -
Contesting Citizenship: Irregular Migrants and New Frontiers of the Political by Anne McNevin 9780231151283
RRP: $115.50$90.11Irregular migrants complicate the boundaries of citizenship and stretch the parameters of political belonging. Comprised of refugees, asylum seekers, "illegal" labor migrants, and stateless persons, this group of migrants occupies new sovereign spaces... -
Criminal Lessons: Case Studies and Commentary on Crime and Justice by Frederic G. Reamer 9780231129305
RRP: $237.30$184.53Why do people commit crimes? How can crime be prevented? And what can society and criminal justice professionals do to implement constructive responses to criminal behavior? Summarizing what he has learned about crime and criminals during his long... -
Sex Crimes: Transnational Problems and Global Perspectives by Alissa R. Ackerman 9780231169486
RRP: $210.00$163.65Sex crimes, such as rape, child sexual abuse, and intimate partner violence, are increasingly transnational in nature, introducing unique cross-border and cross-cultural challenges for police, the courts, and the law. Policy makers and practitioners are... -
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Beyond Victims and Villains by Alexandra Lutnick 9780231169202
RRP: $210.00$163.65The 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... -
The Wrong Carlos: Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution by James S. Liebman 9780231167222
RRP: $176.40$138.79In 1989, Texas executed Carlos DeLuna, a poor Hispanic man with childlike intelligence, for the murder of Wanda Lopez, a convenience store clerk. His execution passed unnoticed for years until a team of Columbia Law School faculty and students almost... -
Where Are All the Young Men and Women of Color?: Capacity Enhancement Practice in the Criminal Justice System by Melvin Delgado 9780231120401
RRP: $210.00$164.49When it comes to social work practice in community outreach programs, in juvenile detention centres, in prisons, in parole and probation programs, and in the inner cities, Melvin Delgado asks the question: Where are all the young men and women of color?... -
Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice by Lettie L. Lockhart 9780231140270
RRP: $73.50$59.09In Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice, experts working with twelve unique groups of domestic abuse survivors provide the latest research on their populations and use a case study approach to demonstrate culturally... -
Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice by Lettie L. Lockhart 9780231140263
RRP: $210.00$163.65In Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice, experts working with twelve unique groups of domestic abuse survivors provide the latest research on their populations and use a case study approach to demonstrate culturally... -
Addressing Rape Reform in Law and Practice by Susan Caringella 9780231134255
RRP: $67.20$52.00The 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... -
Addressing Rape Reform in Law and Practice by Susan Caringella 9780231134248
RRP: $197.40$164.49The 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... -
The Impact of Behavioral Sciences on Criminal Law by Nita Farahany 9780199773305
$92.74New discoveries from neuroscience and behavioral genetics are besieging criminal law. Novel scientific perspectives on criminal behavior could transform the criminal justice system and yet are being introduced in an ad hoc and often ill-conceived manner... -
Respectable Citizens - Shady Practices: The Economic Morality of the Middle Classes by Stephen Farrall 9780199595037
$187.61Respectable Citizens - Shady Practices seeks to explore a previously neglected aspect of crime in modern society - namely those crimes that are committed by otherwise 'respectable' citizens in the market arena. The book delves into the 'grey zone' where... -
The Politics of Crime Control: Essays in Honour of David Downes by Tim Newburn 9780199565955
RRP: $80.83$80.56This book brings together ten leading British criminologists to explore the contemporary politics of crime and its control. The volume is produced in honour of Britain's most important criminological scholar - David Downes of the London School of... -
Making Sense of Penal Change by Tom Daems 9780199559787
$181.23This book reviews the burgeoning literature on contemporary punishment and penal change, concentrating on the work of four scholars- David Garland, John Pratt, Hans Boutellier and Loic Wacquant. The book differs from classical reviews in that it places... -
Social Order and the Fear of Crime in Contemporary Times by Stephen D. Farrall 9780199540815
$181.23The fear of crime has been recognized as an important social problem in its own right, with a significant number of citizens in many countries concerned about crime. In this book, the authors critically review the main findings from over 35 years of... -
Rethinking Imprisonment by Richard L. Lippke 9780199209125
$207.52Drawing on philosophical arguments, criminological evidence, and the legal literature on prisoners' rights, Rethinking Imprisonment defends a normative theory of imprisonment. Such a theory provides an account of the justified conditions of prison... -
Corporations and Criminal Responsibility by Celia Wells 9780198267935
$167.90Contemporary concern about technological hazards posed by business enterprises has intensified interest in the criminality of corporations. Incorporating ideas from a wide range of literature, the book argues that there is no magic answer to corporate... -
Criminal Justice and Human Rights: Pressing Problems in the Law, Volume 1 by Peter. B. H. Birks 9780198260424
$78.18This is the first volume of essays arising from an exceptional series of seminars on criminal justice and human rights held earlier this year. The contributors, among them distinguished members of the judiciary and esteemed academics, have produced a set... -
From the Files of a Security Expert Witness by Charles A. Sennewald 9780124116252
RRP: $50.38$45.17From the Files of a Security Expert Witness guides the reader through the experience of testifying in court on security issues in civil litigation. Written by one of the security profession's best-known expert witnesses, the book explores 36 cases that... -
Practical Criminal Procedure: A Constitutional Manual by Brent E Newton 9781601569288
RRP: $203.70$178.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601569288Author Brent E NewtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Wolters Kluwer Law & BusinessPublisher Wolters Kluwer Law & Business -
Raw Law: An Urban Guide to Criminal Justice by Muhammad Ibn Bashir 9781936399048
RRP: $31.48$23.21The first book of legal advice for the hip hop generation, Covering areas ranging from how to secure the best public defender to what to do when driving DWB, this is a step-by-step guide to the criminal system for those who need it most written by a... -
Strike Hard!: Anti-Crime Campaigns and Chinese Criminal Justice, 1979-1985 by Harold M. Tanner 9781885445049
RRP: $44.08$38.58As it set forth to achieve rapid modernizing economic growth under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, the People's Republic simultaneously undertook to reform China's criminal justice system in order to make it more efficient, more accountable to central... -
Asset Forfeiture: Analyses of Federal Programs by Eetu Korhonen 9781628082241
RRP: $178.48$117.45Both the Department of Justice and the Department of Treasury operate separate asset forfeiture programs that are designed to prevent and reduce crime through the seizure and forfeiture of assets that represent the proceeds of, or were used to,... -
Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Management by Don Lacher 9781626617469
RRP: $178.50$143.56The anthology Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Management offers a management perspective on issues related to law enforcement, corrections, and human resources. The book provides insight into, as well as analysis of, internal and external issues... -
USA Patriot Improvement Reauthorization by Patrick V. Gaines 9781604566154
RRP: $107.08$71.46The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, H.R. 3199, as reported by the Conference Committee, H.Rept. 109-333 (2005), consists of seven titles. Among other things, Title I makes permanent 14 USA PATRIOT Act sections scheduled to expire... -
Obstruction of Congress: Federal Law by Charles Doyle 9781604565546
RRP: $107.08$71.46Obstruction of justice is the frustration of governmental purposes by violence, corruption, destruction of evidence, or deceit. It is a federal crime. In fact, federal obstruction of justice laws are legion; too many for even passing reference to all of... -
Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law by Charles Doyle 9781600215735
RRP: $146.98$97.19Crime is usually territorial. It is a matter of the law of the place where it occurs. Nevertheless, a surprising number of American criminal laws apply outside of the United States. Application is generally a question of legislative intent, expressed or... -
Narcotics Decriminalization: Adopted Practices in Select Countries by Denise Torres 9781536103182
RRP: $165.88$134.69This book, prepared by the foreign law specialists and analysts of the Law Library of Congress, provides a review of laws adopted in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands,... -
Killing with Prejudice: Institutionalized Racism in American Capital Punishment by R.J. Maratea 9781479888603
$47.31A history of the McCleskey v. Kemp Supreme Court ruling that effectively condoned racism in capital cases In 1978 Warren McCleskey, a black man, killed a white police officer in Georgia. He was convicted by a jury of 11 whites and 1 African... -
The New Criminal Justice Thinking by Sharon Dolovich 9781479831548
RRP: $168.00$135.35A vital collection for reforming criminal justice After five decades of punitive expansion, the entire U.S. criminal justice system- mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, police practices, the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, glaring... -
Punishment for Sale: Private Prisons, Big Business, and the Incarceration Binge by Donna Selman 9781442201729
RRP: $201.60$176.36Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to... -
In a Box: Gender-Responsive Reform, Mass Community Supervision, and Neoliberal Policies by Merry Morash 9780520393516
RRP: $52.50$41.14In a Box draws on the experiences of more than one hundred Michigan women on probation or parole to analyze how court, state, and federal policies hamper the state’s efforts at gender-responsive reforms in community supervision. Closely narrating the... -
Inside Knowledge: Incarcerated People on the Failures of the American Prison by Doran Larson 9781479818006
RRP: $50.38$44.60A powerful critique of mass incarceration by the people who have experienced it Inside Knowledge is the first book to examine the American prison system through the eyes of those who are trapped within it. Drawing from the writings collected in the... -
Sum and Substance Quick Review on Criminal Law by Steve Friedland 9780314191472
RRP: $96.50$68.02Sum and Substance Quick Review is a short, clear, concise, and substantive outline. It is designed to make the study of law clear and convenient, and it is designed to help students prepare for their law school exams. The main body is an outline of the... -
Surviving Mass Victim Attacks: What to Do When the Unthinkable Happens by Gary M., Jackson 9781538138991
RRP: $41.98$34.48We have all witnessed media reports of the aftermath of mass victim attacks. We see the carnage, and we know that attackers do not show mercy. Victims were innocent and were targeted simply for being a part of a small or large group of people. Whether a... -
Police Use of Force & Federal Tactical Teams: Background & Considerations by Beverly Guzman 9781634845571
$250.51Several high-profile police shootings and other law enforcement-related deaths in the United States have sparked intense protests throughout the country and a fierce debate in Congress concerning the appropriate level of force police officers should... -
Lethal Targeting of U.S. Citizens Suspected of Terrorism: Legal Issues & Positions of the Obama Administration by Amelia C. Howard 9781628085778
RRP: $146.98$97.19The killing of Anwar Al-Awlaki and another U.S. citizen by airstrike in Yemen, although never officially attributed to U.S. military action, has fuelled the on-going debate about the legal propriety of targeted killings, in particular where a U.S... -
Rape, Torture & Genocide: Some Theoretical Implications by Daniela De Vito 9781631171505
RRP: $279.28$184.42How rape has been conceptualised, placed and treated by the various components within international human rights and humanitarian law present both inconsistencies, and in recent times, innovative conclusions. In terms of the former category,... -
Wiretaps & Electronic Eavesdropping: Federal Law & Legal Ethics by Laurel Jennings 9781622579921
RRP: $298.18$196.69It is a federal crime to wiretap or to use a machine to capture the communications of others without court approval, unless one of the parties has given his prior consent. It is likewise a federal crime to use or disclose any information acquired by...