Law : Criminal Law

A comprehensive study of the relationship between municipal amnesty laws and developing principles of international criminal law. This book pursues a path towards defining criteria for reconciling these two delicate fields of transitional justice. more...

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Inscribed on the walls of the United States Department of Justice are the lofty words: "The United States wins its point whenever justice is done its citizens in the courts." Yet what happens when prosecutors, the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, seek convictions instead of justice? Why are cases involving educated, well-to-do victims often prosecuted more vigorously than those involving poor, uneducated victims? Why do wealthy defendants frequently enjoy more lenient plea bargains than the disadvantaged?. In this timely work, Angela J. Davis examines the expanding power of prosecutors, from mandatory minimum sentencing laws that enhance prosecutorial control over the outcome of cases to the increasing politicization of the office. Drawing on her dozen years of experience as a public defender, Davis demonstrates how the everyday, legal exercise of prosecutorial discretion is responsible for tremendous inequities in criminal justice. Davis uses powerful stories of individuals caught in the system to illustrate how the day-to-day practices and decisions of well-meaning prosecutors produce unfair and unequal treatment of both defendants and victims, often along race and class lines. These disparities are particularly evident in prosecutors' charging and plea-bargaining decisions and in their muddy relationships with victims. Prosecutors not only hold vast power, Davis argues, but they are also under-regulated and lack accountability. The current standards of practice for prosecutors are unenforceable, while the mechanisms that purport to hold prosecutors accountable are weak and ineffectual. Not only does lack of oversight result in injustices, it may even foster a climate tolerant of unfair practices and in some cases, misconduct. Offering a sensible agenda for comprehensive review and reform, Arbitrary Justice challenges the legal community and concerned citizens to pursue and enact meaningful standards of conduct and effective me more...

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In this text, Fletcher maintains that there is much greater unity among diverse systems of criminal justice than commonly realized, and that any adequate system of criminal law necessarily must address a set of universal, basic issues. more...

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Der praktische Leitfaden fr Psychiater, Psychologen und Juristen! Wie verfasse ich ein forensisches Gutachten, damit es auch ein Jurist versteht? Welche Fallstricke gibt es auf was muss ich besonders achten? Welchen rechtlichen und formalen Rahmen muss ich einhalten? Dieser knapp gefasste Leitfaden fhrt  durch den Dschungel juristischer Grundlagen und Fachbegriffe und dient  gleichzeitig als Wegweiser fr das klinische Vorgehen beim Erstellen forensischer Gutachten. Das interdisziplinre Autorenteam hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, sowohl die rechtlichen als auch die medizinischen Aspekte verstndlich und bersichtlich darzustellen. Viele klinische Beispiele, Tabellen und Flussdiagramme bieten genaue Handlungsanweisungen und praktische Leitlinien. Fr Einsteiger und alle, die sich innerhalb kurzer Zeit einen berblick verschaffen wollen! more...

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Two National Forensic Science Institute administrators invite readers into what the Washington Post calls "the Harvard of hellish violence"-the only hands-on CSI school of its kind where students are trained in burial recovery with actual human remains. With exclusive access to a world normally off-limits to the public, this is the first book to go behind the scenes of the ten-week course that discloses the uncensored realities of burial exhumations and the fascinating art of forensic investigation. more...

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