Criminal Procedure

A form of subtle vigilantism threatens to undermine the justice system and is eroding community trust in law enforcement. A pervasive and destructive problem is afflicting our current justice system, eroding community confidence in law enforcement...

This title contains well-prepared briefs for each major case in Saltzburg’s casebook on Criminal Procedure. High Court briefs are written to present the essential facts, issue, decision and rationale for each case in a clear, concise manner. While...

This book examines how major but often under-scrutinised legal, social, and technological developments have affected the transparency and accountability of the criminal justice process. Drawing on empirical and evaluative studies, as well as their own...

The proportion of the aged in society today is greater than ever before and growing faster than any other segment of the population. Law enforcement officers are increasingly called upon to manage the needs of the older population they serve. Elder...

Braithwaite's argument against punitive justice systems and for restorative justice systems establishes that there are good theoretical and empirical grounds for anticipating that well designed restorative justice processes will restore victims,...

How do societies decide whom to criminalize? What does it mean to accuse someone of being an offender? Entryways to Criminal Justice analyzes the thresholds that distinguish law-abiding individuals from those who may be criminalized. Contributors to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781454891369Author Robert M BloomFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Wolters Kluwer Law & BusinessPublisher Wolters KluwerWeight(grams) 746gDimensions(mm)...

This supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.Book InformationISBN 9781684678938Author Stephen A. SaltzburgFormat PaperbackPage Count 339Imprint West Academic PressPublisher West Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543805710Author Steven L EmanuelFormat PaperbackPage Count 620Imprint Aspen PublishingPublisher Aspen PublishingWeight(grams) 1415g

Although service outsourcing has spread throughout Canada's prisons and jails, into its police, courts, and national security institutions, and along the border in recent decades, the expanding scope and pace of corporate involvement in criminal justice...

International Criminology is an easy-access critical introduction to how conventional criminologists in the international arena think about and research crime. By using examples from the US, UK and Australia, the authors outline key ideas, vocabulary,...

Criminal procedure in the common law world is being recast in the image of human rights. The cumulative impact of human rights laws, both international and domestic, presages a revolution in common law procedural traditions. Comprising 16 essays plus the...

This provocative and powerful book provides a critical review of Britain's criminal justice process through its practices, culture and traditions, revealing a landscape in ruins under the dominance of State-induced Guilty Pleas. Against a backdrop of a...

This book is one of the first to document the challenges and opportunities facing the Hong Kong police force following the reversion of political authority from the UK to China in 1997. Thematically organized and oriented towards those issues of greatest...

This much-needed book is a concise and accessible account of the contribution of feminist thinking to the study of crime. Tracing the intellectual history of criminology from its scientific foundations in the nineteenth century to its recent encounters...

Innocence Betrayed is the first sustained attempt to address the issue of how we can best protect children from the threat posed by predatory paedophiles. It asks all the difficult questions: Can paedophiles be treated? Do they change their behaviour?...

Making Sense of Criminology is a clear, concise introduction for all students new to the subject. As well as introducing ideas about crime and criminals, it is intended to help students make sense of criminology as a study or discipline. The authors...

Side-by-side, time-lapse photos and interviews, separated by twenty-five years, of people serving life sentences in prison, by the bestselling author of The Little Book of Justice In 1996, Howard Zehr, a criminal justice activist and photographer,...

A new breed of reform-minded prosecutors tells their stories about the challenges and successes of making change from inside the system Growing up in Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing projects, Kim Foxx never anticipated that she would become the chief...

The study of surveillance is more relevant than ever before. The fast growth of the field of surveillance studies reflects both the urgency of civil liberties and privacy questions in the war on terror era and the classical social science debates over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643787435Author Cpt Jose 'pepi' GranadoFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Austin Macauley Publishers LLCPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers...

Wildfire arson is often considered an impossible crime to solve. Likewise, offenders frequently consider themselves undetectable. And many agencies often do not have the specialist skills necessary to investigate those responsible for serial wildfire...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474494656Author Alastair BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams) 156g

From a highly accredited criminal law professor at the University of North Carolina, a provocative and timely exploration of how plea bargaining prevents true criminal justice reform and how we can fix it When Americans think of the criminal justice...

Norms of Violence: Violent Socialization Processes and the Spillover Effect for Youth Crime explores the degree to which violent socialization processes, both at the macro- and micro-levels, are associated with youth criminal behavior. Based on a...

With a new afterword from the authors, the critically praised indictment of widely embraced "alternatives to incarceration""But what does it mean-really-to celebrate reforms that convert your home into your prison?" -Michelle Alexander, from the foreword...

The Law Enforcement Field Guide (TM) provides instant access to critical information in an easy-to-use checklist format. At only 3"x5", this guide fits in your pocket, is waterproof, alcohol-fast, and street tough.This guide covers: Patrol Information...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733282611Author Freebird PublishersFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Freebird PublishersPublisher Freebird PublishersWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm)...

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its core legal texts from a children's rights perspective. It examines the ICC provisions and its case law, evaluating whether these meet international children's...

Wildfire arson is often considered an impossible crime to solve. Likewise, offenders frequently consider themselves undetectable. Many agencies often do not have the specialist skills necessary to investigate those responsible for serial wildfire...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781479817122Author Tim BakkenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint New York University PressPublisher New York University PressWeight(grams) 152g

Commencing its search for a principled international criminal justice, this book argues that the Preamble to the Rome Statute requires a very different notion of justice than that which would be expected in domestic jurisdictions. This thinking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543820263Author Ronald Jay AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Aspen PublishersPublisher Aspen Publishers

Although service outsourcing has spread throughout Canada's prisons and jails, into its police, courts, and national security institutions, and along the border in recent decades, the expanding scope and pace of corporate involvement in criminal justice...

This book examines the state of access to criminal justice by considering the health of the lawyer-client relationship under legal aid. In the largest study of its kind for some two decades, ethnographic fieldwork is used to gain a fresh perspective upon...

From a prominent criminal law professor, a provocative and timely exploration of how plea bargaining prevents true criminal justice reform and how we can fix it-now in paperbackWhen Americans think of the criminal justice system, the image that comes to...

In Their Names busts open the public safety myth that uses victims' rights to perpetuate mass incarceration, and offers a formula for what would actually make us safe, from the widely respected head of Alliance for Safety and Justice When...

Police Studies constitute an important area of academic inquiry and policing raises a large number of ethical questions, yet to date there has been a paucity of research on the subject. This significant volume provides an integrated mix of...

The HKP (Hong Kong Police), 'Asia's Finest', is a battle-tested professional organization with strong leadership, competent staff, and deep culture. It is also a continuously learning and reforming agency in pursuit of organisational excellence. Policing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978803398Author Abbe SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University Press