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Sciencia Scripts De rol van Cyber Security in het minimaliseren van online misdaadcijfers in de naoorlogse periode
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Brill Organized Crime and International Criminal Law:
Book SynopsisThis book presents the first comprehensive study of international criminal jurisdiction over organized crime. Taking into account a broad range of profit-generating crimes, including human trafficking, migrant smuggling, drug trafficking, and illicit trade in arms and ammunition, Strobel draws a concise picture of who can be prosecuted for what under which circumstances by analysing the current legal framework as defined by the Rome Statute, and by discussing future developments that could further facilitate such prosecutions. Whereas international criminal law in the strict sense has long been considered not to apply to organized crime, Strobel convincingly demonstrates that international criminal prosecutions hold underexploited potential to bring leaders of cartels and trafficking rings to justice.Table of ContentsAbbreviations Table of Treaties, Resolutions and Other Legal Documents Table of Cases 1 Introduction 2 The Status Quo of Organized Crime in International Criminal Law 2.1 Organized Crime 2.1.1 Legal Definition of Organized Crime 2.1.2 Relevant Crimes 2.1.2.1 Drug Trafficking 2.1.2.2 Trafficking in Persons and Subsequent Exploitation 2.1.2.3 Migrant Smuggling 2.1.2.4 Illicit Trade in Arms and Ammunition, Natural Resources, and Cultural Goods 2.1.2.5 Corruption 2.1.2.6 Money Laundering 2.1.2.7 Organized Crime-Related Violence 2.1.3 Types of Organizations 2.1.3.1 Hierarchical Organized Criminal Groups 2.1.3.2 Criminal Networks 2.1.4 Geographic Scope 2.1.5 Impact of Organized Crime 2.2 Organized Crime in Transnational Criminal Law 2.2.1 The Current Role of International Law in Combating Organized Crime 2.2.2 Transnational Criminal Law Conventions 2.2.2.1 The UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto 2.2.2.2 International Drug Control Conventions 2.2.2.3 Conventions against Corruption 2.2.2.4 Provisions on Money Laundering and Related Instruments 2.2.2.5 Other Transnational Criminal Law 2.2.3 Other Relevant International Conventions 2.2.4 Regional Criminal Law 2.2.5 The International Enforcement Regime 2.3 Organized Crime in International Criminal Law Stricto Sensu 2.3.1 The Evolution of International Criminal Law Stricto Sensu 2.3.2 The Relevance of International Criminal Law Stricto Sensu to Organized Crime 2.3.2.1 The Telos of International Criminal Law 2.3.2.2 Empirical Interconnection: The Crime–Conflict Nexus 2.3.3 Organized Crime in the History of International Criminal Law Stricto Sensu 2.3.3.1 Organized Crime Offenses in International Criminal Tribunals 2.3.3.2 Organized Crime Offenses and the Making of the Rome Statute 2.4 Assessment 3 Organized Crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 3.1 Procedural Requirements for Jurisdiction 3.1.1 Trigger Mechanisms 3.1.2 Preconditions to the Exercise of Jurisdiction 3.1.3 The Principle of Complementarity 3.2 Substantive Law: Jurisdiction Ratione Materiae 3.2.1 The Crime of Genocide 3.2.1.1 Mental Element: The Dolus Specialis of Genocide 3.2.1.2 Material Elements 3.2.1.3 Summary 3.2.2 Crimes against Humanity 3.2.2.1 Contextual Elements 3.2.2.2 Material Elements: Individual Acts 3.2.2.3 Summary 3.2.3 War Crimes 3.2.3.1 Contextual Elements 3.2.3.2 Material Elements 3.2.3.3 Summary 3.3 Substantive Law: Attribution of a Crime 3.3.1 Perpetration 3.3.2 Participation 3.3.3 Superior Responsibility 3.4 Assessment 4 Organized Crime and International Criminal Law De Lege Ferenda 4.1 Potential Developments Within the Current Jurisdictional Framework 4.1.1 Mental Elements 4.1.1.1 Dolus Eventualis 4.1.1.2 The Dolus Specialis Requirement for Pillage 4.1.2 Material Elements: Trafficking in Persons and Enslavement 4.2 Expanded Jurisdiction Ratione Materiae 4.2.1 Criteria for the Introduction of New Offenses 4.2.2 Common Contextual Elements 4.2.3 Potential Offenses and Their Material Elements 4.2.3.1 The Crime of Drug Trafficking 4.2.3.2 Illicit Trade in Arms and Ammunition, Natural Resources, and Cultural Goods 4.2.3.3 The Crime of Migrant Smuggling 4.2.3.4 Corruption 4.2.3.5 Money Laundering 4.2.4 Summary 4.3 An International Tribunal Focused on Organized Crime 4.3.1 Procedural Requirements for Jurisdiction 4.3.2 Jurisdiction Ratione Materiae 4.3.3 Organizational Setup 4.4 Assessment 5 Conclusion References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Kafkas Law The Trial and American Criminal
Book SynopsisShows how The Trial provides an uncanny lens through which to consider flaws in the American criminal justice system today. The author begins with the story, at once funny and grim, of Josef K, caught in the Law's grip and then crushed by it.Trade Review"Burns's distinctive voice-combining that of an experienced practitioner, a legal scholar, and a philosopher-is immensely engaging, deeply serious, and consequential. He has a remarkable, almost kaleidoscopic ability to bring together, while respecting the differences, the very particular nightmare of Kafka's work, the ideas of the great philosophers, and the daily injustices of American law today, all while insisting that we know, and should do, better." (Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Indiana University Bloomington)"
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The University of Chicago Press Double Jeopardy Adolescent Offenders with Mental
Book SynopsisProvides a scientific and practical foundation for lawmakers, judges, attorneys, and mental health care professionals in mental health and adolescent development. Dealing with the nature of mental disorders in youth, this book examines their relationship to delinquency, the limits of treatment methods, and related patterns of adolescent offending.Trade Review"This book systematically reviews, dissects, and makes sense out of what are currently disparate bodies of information dealing with difficult legal issues, assessments of treatment interventions, complex research findings, and confusing policy questions. In Double Jeopardy, [Grisso] has provided a road map and guidance to the entire field for our continuing efforts in the future to fulfill our obligation to society and to these youths." - Joseph J. Cocozza, director, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice"
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The University of Chicago Press Drunk Driving An American Dilemma Studies in
Book SynopsisIn this ambitious interdisciplinary study, James B. Jacobs provides the first comprehensive review and analysis of America's drunk driving problem and of America's anti-drunk driving policies and jurisprudence. In a clear and accessible style, he considers what has been learned, what is being done, and what constitutional limits exist to the control and enforcement of drunk driving.
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The University of Chicago Press Screwing the System and Making it Work Juvenile
Book SynopsisWho is responsible for juvenile delinquency? Mark D. Jacobs uses ethnographic, statistical, and literary methods to uncover the many levels of disorganization in American juvenile justice. By analyzing the continuities betwen normal casework and exceptional cases, he reveals that probation officers must commonly contrive informal measures to circumvent a system which routinely obstructs the delivery of services to their clients. Jacobs defines the concept of the no-fault society to describe the larger context of societal disorder and interpersonal manipulation that the juvenile justice system at once reflects and exacerbates.
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The University of Chicago Press IllGotten Gains Evasion Blackmail Fraud and
Book SynopsisThis work describes the underlying principles that not only guide the law, but also moral decisions. Mixing wit with insight, anecdotes with analysis, the book uncovers what is really at stake in such crimes as insider trading, blackmail and plagiarism.
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The University of Chicago Press Crossing over the Line Legislating Morality and
Book SynopsisCrossing over the Line describes the folly of the Mann Act of 1910a United States law which made travel from one state to another by a man and a woman with the intent of committing an immoral act a major crime. Spawned by a national wave of white slave trade hysteria, the Act was created by the Congress of the United States as a weapon against forced prostitution. This book is the first history of the Mann Act's often bizarre career, from its passage to the amendment that finally laid it low. In David J. Langum's hands, the story of the Act becomes an entertaining cautionary tale about the folly of legislating private morality. Langum recounts the colorful details of numerous court cases to show how enforcement of the Act mirrored changes in America's social attitudes. Federal prosecutors became masters in the selective use of the Act: against political opponents of the government, like Charlie Chaplin; against individuals who eluded other criminal charges, like the Capone mobster Ma
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The University of Chicago Press Crime and Justice Volume 46
Book SynopsisJustice Futures: Reinventing American Criminal Justice is the forty-sixth volume in the Crime and Justice series. Contributors include Francis Cullen and Daniel Mears on community corrections; Peter Reuter and Jonathan Caulkins on drug abuse policy; Harold Pollack on drug treatment; David Hemenway on guns and violence; Edward Mulvey on mental health and crime; Edward Rhine, Joan Petersilia, and Kevin Reitz on parole policies; Daniel Nagin and Cynthia Lum on policing; Craig Haney on prisons and incarceration; Ronald Wright on prosecution; and Michael Tonry on sentencing policies.
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The University of Chicago Press The Moral Conflict of Law and Neuroscience
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The University of Chicago Press Crime and Justice Volume 47 A Review of Research
Book SynopsisSince 1979, the Crime and Justice series has presented a review of the latest international research, providing expertise to enhance the work of sociologists, psychologists, criminal lawyers, justice scholars, and political scientists. The series explores a full range of issues concerning crime, its causes, and its cures. In both the review and the thematic volumes, Crime and Justice offers an interdisciplinary approach to address core issues in criminology. Volume 47 will be a review volume featuring, among other selections, a top-of-class impact ranking.
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The University of Chicago Press Radical Enfranchisement in the Jury Room and
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The University of Chicago Press Crime and Justice Volume 49 Organizing Crime
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsOrganized Crime: Less Than Meets the EyePeter Reuter and Michael Tonry The Rise and Fall of Organized Crime in the United StatesJames B. Jacobs Italian Organized Crime since 1950Maurizio Catino What Makes Mafias Different?Letizia Paoli How Similar Are Modern Criminal Syndicates to Traditional Mafias?Peter Reuter and Letizia Paoli How Mafias Migrate: Transplantation, Functional Diversification, and SeparationFederico Varese Women in Organized CrimeRossella Selmini Organized Crime and Criminal CareersEdward Kleemans and Vere van Koppen Collaboration and Boundaries in Organized Crime: A Network PerspectiveMartin Bouchard Human Smuggling: Structure and MechanismsPaolo Campana Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs and Organized CrimeKlaus von Lampe and Arjan Blokland Understanding the Laundering of Organized Crime MoneyMike Levi and Melvin Soudijn
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The University of Chicago Press Crime and Justice Volume 49 Organizing Crime
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsOrganized Crime: Less Than Meets the EyePeter Reuter and Michael Tonry The Rise and Fall of Organized Crime in the United StatesJames B. Jacobs Italian Organized Crime since 1950Maurizio Catino What Makes Mafias Different?Letizia Paoli How Similar Are Modern Criminal Syndicates to Traditional Mafias?Peter Reuter and Letizia Paoli How Mafias Migrate: Transplantation, Functional Diversification, and SeparationFederico Varese Women in Organized CrimeRossella Selmini Organized Crime and Criminal CareersEdward Kleemans and Vere van Koppen Collaboration and Boundaries in Organized Crime: A Network PerspectiveMartin Bouchard Human Smuggling: Structure and MechanismsPaolo Campana Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs and Organized CrimeKlaus von Lampe and Arjan Blokland Understanding the Laundering of Organized Crime MoneyMike Levi and Melvin Soudijn
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The University of Chicago Press The Trial of the Assassin Guiteau
Book SynopsisBy analyzing the trial of Charles Guiteau, who assassinated US President Garfield in 1881, this text explores insanity and criminal responsibility in the late-19th century. Although the role of genetics in behaviour had been accepted, the trial debated whether heredity influenced Guiteau's actions.Table of Contents1: July the Second 2: September 8, 1841-July 2, 1881 Charles J. Guiteau 3: The Prisoner, Psychiatry, and the Law 4: Before the Trial 5: The Trial Begins 6: Enter Dr. Spitzka 7: Interlude 8: The Trial Ends 9: The Condemned 10: Aftermath A Note on Sources Index
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The University of Chicago Press Fear of Judging
Book SynopsisA full-scale history, analysis and critique of the new sentencing regime is examined in this text, showing how the present system has burdened the courts, dehumanized the sentencing process and by repressing judicial discretion, eroded the constitutional balance of powers.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Ch. 1: Sentencing Reform in Historical Perspective Ch. 2: The Invention of the Sentencing Guidelines Ch. 3: Judging under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Ch. 4: The Battle Cry of Disparity Ch. 5: Prospects for the Future A: Sentencing Table of the United States Sentencing Guidelines B: "Relevant Conduct" Guideline C: The Complexity of Criminal History D: How Sentencing Works Notes Bibliography Index
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McGill-Queen's University Press Portable Prisons
Book SynopsisPortable Prisons is an exploration of the electronic monitoring of offenders based on an ethnographic case study from Scotland. Through interviews and observations, Gacek demonstrates this technology is representative of the carceral state’s overreaching punitive capabilities, rejecting the idea that “soft” punishment is related to decarceration.Trade Review“The most sophisticated theoretical account of electronic monitoring yet made available, Portable Prisons is a work of international significance, and will be of great interest to a wide range of penological and geographical scholars.” Mike Nellis, University of Strathclyde“Gacek’s book is much needed to increase scholarly attention to the sanction of EM and similar technologies. Carceral and surveillance technologies are growing at a rapid pace worldwide, motivated by powerful private interests. Gacek writes to a scholarly audience who he hopes comes away with an appreciation for defining and naming the complex social, relational, and geographic dynamics integral to this type of surveillance experience. He also writes to a wider public who he hopes pauses to consider the implications of normalizing the expansion of carceral technologies. Gacek calls us as citizens to be unsettled by the ways in which we have normalized this surveillance and allowed it to expand and become routine.” Criminal Law & Criminal Justice Books“Portable Prisons offers an original and important contribution to our understanding of EM [electronic monitoring] specifically and to the geography of incarceration more generally. Gacek implores the wider public to be unsettled by the normalization of expanding carceral technologies in our everyday life.” Theoretical Criminology
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Columbia University Press Trials On Trial The Pure Theory of Legal
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Columbia University Press Youth Gangs and Community Intervention
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Columbia University Press New BattlefieldsOld Laws
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewNew Battlefields/Old Laws makes a huge contribution to literature regarding the so-called 'war on terror.' -- Wayne McCormack, University of Utah, author of Understanding the Law of Terrorism Banks has in this invaluable book put together a set of essays that will educate and enlighten any intelligent reader on the issues related to the future of international security. It covers the full spectrum of issues with solid, informative writings. A great reservoir of useful information. -- Abraham D. Sofaer, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsFigures and Tables Introduction: Toward an Adaptive International Humanitarian Law: New Norms for New Battlefields, by William C. Banks Critical Debate I: Threshold Issues in Defining Twenty-first-Century Armed Conflicts 1. Extraterritorial Law Enforcement or Transnational Counterterrorist Military Operations: The Stakes of Two Legal Models, by Geoffrey S. Corn 2. Preventive Detention of Individuals Engaged in Transnational Hostilities: Do We Need a Fourth Protocol Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions?, by Gregory Rose Critical Debate II: Status and Liabilities of Nonstate Actors Engaged in Hostilities 3."Jousting at Windmills": The Laws of Armed Conflict in an Age of Terror-State Actors and Nonstate Elements, by David M. Crane and Daniel Reisner 4. Direct Participation in Hostilities: A Concept Broad Enough for Today's Targeting Decisions, by Eric Talbot Jensen 5. Nonstate Actors in Armed Conflicts: Issues of Distinction and Reciprocity, by Daphne Richemond-Barak Critical Debate III: Changing Twenty-first-Century Battlefields and Armed Forces 6. Children as Direct Participants in Hostilities: New Challenges for International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law, by Hilly Moodrick-Even Khen 7. Private Military Contractors and Changing Norms for the Laws of Armed Conflict, by Renee de Nevers Critical Debate IV: Military Necessity and Humanitarian Priorities in International Humanitarian Law: Productive Tension or Irreconcilable Differences? 8. The Principle of Proportionality Under International Humanitarian Law and Operation Cast Lead, by Robert P. Barnidge Jr. 9. Humanizing Irregular Warfare: Framing Compliance for Nonstate Armed Groups at the Intersection of Security and Legal Analyses, by Corri Zoli Notes Contributor Bios Index
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Columbia University Press New BattlefieldsOld Laws
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewNew Battlefields/Old Laws makes a huge contribution to literature regarding the so-called 'war on terror.' -- Wayne McCormack, University of Utah, author of Understanding the Law of Terrorism Banks has in this invaluable book put together a set of essays that will educate and enlighten any intelligent reader on the issues related to the future of international security. It covers the full spectrum of issues with solid, informative writings. A great reservoir of useful information. -- Abraham D. Sofaer, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsFigures and Tables Introduction: Toward an Adaptive International Humanitarian Law: New Norms for New Battlefields, by William C. Banks Critical Debate I: Threshold Issues in Defining Twenty-first-Century Armed Conflicts 1. Extraterritorial Law Enforcement or Transnational Counterterrorist Military Operations: The Stakes of Two Legal Models, by Geoffrey S. Corn 2. Preventive Detention of Individuals Engaged in Transnational Hostilities: Do We Need a Fourth Protocol Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions?, by Gregory Rose Critical Debate II: Status and Liabilities of Nonstate Actors Engaged in Hostilities 3."Jousting at Windmills": The Laws of Armed Conflict in an Age of Terror-State Actors and Nonstate Elements, by David M. Crane and Daniel Reisner 4. Direct Participation in Hostilities: A Concept Broad Enough for Today's Targeting Decisions, by Eric Talbot Jensen 5. Nonstate Actors in Armed Conflicts: Issues of Distinction and Reciprocity, by Daphne Richemond-Barak Critical Debate III: Changing Twenty-first-Century Battlefields and Armed Forces 6. Children as Direct Participants in Hostilities: New Challenges for International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law, by Hilly Moodrick-Even Khen 7. Private Military Contractors and Changing Norms for the Laws of Armed Conflict, by Renee de Nevers Critical Debate IV: Military Necessity and Humanitarian Priorities in International Humanitarian Law: Productive Tension or Irreconcilable Differences? 8. The Principle of Proportionality Under International Humanitarian Law and Operation Cast Lead, by Robert P. Barnidge Jr. 9. Humanizing Irregular Warfare: Framing Compliance for Nonstate Armed Groups at the Intersection of Security and Legal Analyses, by Corri Zoli Notes Contributor Bios Index
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Columbia University Press Gang Life in Two Cities
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRobert J. Duran's brilliantly intuitive work covers the literature in the field, and then quickly surpasses it. Having lived the 'life in two cities,' he reveals the genesis of gangs as a challenge to America's structural inequality. If for nothing else, Duran should be read for his eloquent history of racism and society's role in gang formation, an uncomfortable analysis for society's Pontius Pilates. Duran should be appreciated for his insight, praised for his clarity, and lauded for his personal and intellectual courage. -- Ernesto Vigil, author of The Crusade for Justice: Chicano Militancy and the Government's War on Dissent Gang Life in Two Cities is a masterful insider perspective and analysis of gangs, policing, and criminal justice, setting a new standard for research and scholarship in the field. A must read for anyone interested in gangs, gang diversion, and criminal justice. -- Alfredo Mirande, University of California, Riverside Gang Life in Two Cities should be required reading in college courses discussing gangs. Anyone interested in gangs and how society is responding to them should read it, too. -- Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune Unique and refreshing... [Duran] offers a rich, clear discussion of both the context and meaning of gang participation. -- Elyshia Aseltine Critical Criminology ...an informative and compelling read with a unique approach to gangs. Great Plains Research The personal and empirical narrative and detailed interview excerpts that Duran offers are compelling and convincing... Gang Life in Two Cities develops a new paradigm for understanding gang formation and gang enforcement. Social ForcesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Researching Gangs as an Insider 2. The War on Gangs in the Post-Civil Rights Era 3. Racialized Oppression and the Emergence of Gangs 4. Demonizing Gangs Through Religious Righteousness and Suppressed Activism 5. Negotiating Membership for an Adaptation to Colonization: The Gang 6. The Only Locotes Standing: The Persistence of Gang Ideals 7. Barrio Empowerment as a Strategy for Transcending Gangs Conclusion Notes References Index
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Columbia University Press The Age of Lone Wolf Terrorism
Book SynopsisMark S. Hamm and Ramón Spaaij combine criminological theory with empirical and ethnographic research to map lone-wolf radicalization, helping with the identification of suspected individuals and recognizing patterns of indoctrination. A combination of personal and political grievances lead lone wolves to befriend online sympathizers.Trade ReviewCovering characters as diverse as James Earl Ray, Sirhan Sirhan, Mark Essex, Lynnette "Squeaky" Fromme, Ted Kaczynski, Eric Rudolph, Jared Loughner, Wade Page, and Christopher Dorner, Hamm and Spaaij have written an excellent and well-researched survey of lone wolf terrorists in the United States-and a major addition to the field. -- Charles B. Strozier, founding director, Center on Terrorism at John Jay College of Criminal Justice The study of lone wolf terrorism takes a significant leap forward in this important book. Hamm and Spaaij provide a thoughtful analysis and critical insights about the nature of lone wolf terrorism and terrorists. The book is a must-read for scholars, policymakers, and law enforcement officials. -- Steven Chermak, Michigan State University A careful, detailed, original contribution to a vitally important debate. -- Richard English, Distinguished Professorial Fellow, Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security, and Justice, Queen's University Belfast If you read only one book on lone wolf terrorism, this should be it. It sets the benchmark on what we know about this threat and what can be done to safeguard the future. Superb. -- Andrew Silke, University of East London Defined variously as a 'radical loser,' a 'lunatic assassin,' or more grandiosely as a symptom of our fractured political age, the lone wolf terrorist is a much-commented-upon but frequently misunderstood phenomenon. Thankfully, with the publication of Hamm and Spaaij's compelling new work, The Age of Lone Wolf Terrorism, we now have the definitive resource with which to explore both the mindset and the motivations of this most perplexing of political extremists. Crisply written and extraordinarily rich in empirical detail, this is essential reading for students of terrorism, criminologists concerned with political violence, and anyone else interested in the evolving nature of late modern radicalization. -- Keith Hayward, University of Copenhagen A searing, eye-opening, and comprehensive depiction of the evolving nature of terrorism in the United States, The Age of Lone Wolf Terrorism is certain to become essential reading for anyone interested in understanding both the factors leading to terrorism and new ways of approaching counterterrorism. Hamm and Spaaij's detailed analysis of the connection between personal circumstances and contemporary social and political realities shed light on aspects of terrorism that are all too often overlooked. Their work is an indispensable primer for policy makers, counterterrorism experts, and students of terrorism. -- Karen J. Greenberg, Director, Center on National Security, Fordham University The enduring merit of The Age of Lone Wolf Terrorism is that it provides an empirically robust and theoretically nuanced framework for addressing how ordinary individuals can become the agents of extraordinary violence and destruction. -- from the foreword by Simon CotteeTable of ContentsForeword Introduction: The Age of Lone Wolf Terrorism 1. Identifying Commonalities Among Lone Wolf Terrorists 2. Old Wine in New Skin: Reimagining Lone Wolf Terrorism 3. The American Lone Wolf Terrorist: Trends, Modus Operandi, and Background Factors 4. The Roots of Radicalization 5. The Enablers 6. Broadcasting Intent: The Key to Preventing Lone Wolf Terrorism 7. Triggering Events 8. The Radicalization Model of Lone Wolf Terrorism 9. The Little Rock Military Shooting 10. The Pittsburgh Police Shooting 11. Lone Wolf Sting Operations 12. Lone Wolf Terrorism and FBI Mythmaking Conclusion: Countering Lone Wolf Terrorism Appendix: List of Cases Notes Index
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Yale University Press Law and the Unconscious
Book SynopsisHow do we bring the law into line with people's psychological experience?Trade ReviewWinner of the American Psychoanalytic Association's 2018 Courage to Dream Book PrizeWinner of the Sharon Harris 2018 Book Award, given by The University of Connecticut for the best book published in the humanities. "Anne Dailey takes up the controversial relation of law and psychoanalysis in a book of great cogency and importance. She goes far beyond the standard quarrels that divide the two fields and makes a reasoned and forceful case for psychoanalysis as coming to the aid of the law—not opposing it—in a richer account of human autonomy and responsibility."—Peter Brooks, Princeton University, author of Troubling Confessions: Speaking Guilt in Law and Literature"In this wise and wide-ranging book, Anne Dailey breathes fresh life into the psychoanalytic study of law. She makes the best case I know for the continuing relevance to law of the humanistic discipline of psychoanalysis and reminds us of the humility that must always accompany the law's fearful exercise of power when it relies on a conception of human agency that the psychoanalytic discovery of the unconscious teaches us is incomplete."—Anthony Kronman, Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School"In this masterpiece of scholarship, Anne Dailey argues that legal theory and our system of justice have been missing an essential ingredient: how the human mind works. Her synthesis of psychoanalysis and the law offers nothing short of a paradigm shift in how we approach some of the most challenging and controversial legal questions of our time."—Jordan Smoller, Professor Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and author of The Other Side of Normal “With a rare combination of erudition, insight, and vision, Anne Dailey compellingly argues for a reintegration of legal and psychoanalytic thinking about human behavior. This is a provocative, historically grounded study with great contemporary relevance.”—Susanna Blumenthal, author of Law and the Modern Mind: Consciousness and Responsibility in American Legal Culture
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WW Norton & Co Proximity to Death
Book SynopsisA remarkable bookpart historical tract, part political manifestothat examines one of the most bitter issues of contemporary life.Boston Globe
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal
Book SynopsisComprising over 500 entries on the essential topics within criminology and criminal justice, and available online and as a five-volume print set, this encyclopedia offers a state-of-the-art survey informed by the very latest theory and research.Trade Review“This work is set to be the first in series from Wiley and if this work is an indication of what is to follow, I will very much look forward to the future sets focusing on theoretical criminology, juvenile justice and delinquency and, finally, crime and punishment.” (Reference Reviews, 1 June 2015) “Summing Up: Highly recommended. Libraries supporting upper-level undergraduates through practitioners in criminology/criminal justice; general readers.” (Choice, 1 September 2014) “Anyone among us who can advance effective strategies for persuading this generation of students that there is still much of value to be gained from engaging with encyclopedias such as this one would be making a highly commendable contribution to our field.” (American Reference Books Annual, 1 June 2014)Table of ContentsAbout the Editors vii Notes on Contributors xi Lexicon lxi Introduction lxix Acknowledgments lxxiii Volume I Criminology and Criminal Justice Ab–Co 1 Volume II Criminology and Criminal Justice Cr–Gu 462 Volume III Criminology and Criminal Justice Ha–Mu 999 Volume IV Criminology and Criminal Justice Na–Ru 1503 Volume V Criminology and Criminal Justice Sa–Wr 2017 Index 2499
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Psychopathy and Law
Book SynopsisPsychopathy and Law: A Practitioner's Guide provides those working in the fields of law, the military, social and health services, politics, and business with a comprehensive introduction to psychopathy and the ways of thinking that guide the psychopathic mind.Trade Review“This book is essential reading for anyone who is involved in providing or utilising expert witness evidence in cases pertaining to individuals with psychopathic traits.” (The Psychologist, 1 January 2013)Table of ContentsAbout the Editors xi About the Contributors xiii Preface xix 1 Introduction 1 Helin¨a H¨akk¨anen-Nyholm and Jan-Olof Nyholm The Nature of Psychopathy 1 Short History 5 Measurement 5 Practical Application and Study Populations 7 Future Directions 8 The Structure of This Text 9 References 12 2 Assessment 17 Michael J. Vitacco, David A. Lishner, and Craig S. Neumann Psychometric Properties of PCL Instruments 19 Psychopathy and the Law: Focus on the Insanity Defense 22 Potential Misuses of PCL Instruments in Legal Proceedings 25 Admissibility of PCL Instruments in Adversarial Proceedings 27 Ethical Issues with PCL Measures and Predicting Risk 29 Myths Associated with Psychopathy 30 Summary and Conclusions 32 References 32 3 Psychopathy and Brain Function: Empirical Findings and Legal Implications 39 Christopher Patrick, Noah C. Venables, and Jennifer Skeem Introduction 39 Diagnostic Distinctions 40 Brain Measurement Techniques 43 Neuroimaging Studies of Psychopathy 45 Electrocortical Studies of Psychopathy 60 Key Assumptions in Research on Brain Function in Psychopathy That Constrain Stability, Interpretation, and Practical Utility of Findings 65 Acknowledgements 70 References 71 4 Cognition–Emotion Interactions in Psychopathy: Implications for Theory and Practice 79 Arielle R. Baskin-Sommers and Joseph P. Newman Theoretical Perspectives on Psychopathy 80 Practical Issues in Psychopathy 86 Judicial Practice: Culpability and Post-incarceration Release 88 Treatment 91 References 92 5 Psychopathy inWomen: Presentation, Assessment, and Management 99 Caroline Logan and Ghitta Weizmann-Henelius Introduction 99 The Construct of Psychopathy and Its Presence inWomen 100 How PsychopathicWomen Present 104 The Practical Management ofWomenWith Psychopathic Traits 112 Future Directions in Practice and Research 118 References 120 6 Psychopathic Features in Adolescence 127 Nina Lindberg Personality Disorder in Adolescence 127 The Relationship of Psychopathic Traits in Childhood and Adolescence With Conduct Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder 128 Biological Factors 128 Psychosocial Factors 130 Psychopathic Traits and Juvenile Criminality 130 Stability of Psychopathic Traits 131 On Treatment 133 References 134 7 Psychopathy and Violent Crime 139 Mary Ellen O’Toole and Helin¨a H¨akk¨anen-Nyholm Psychological Analyses of Violent Behavior 141 Psychopathy and Law Enforcement 142 Base Rate of Psychopathy in Criminals 143 Crime-related Behavior 145 How to Identify Psychopaths From a Pool of Suspects 149 Concluding Remarks 152 References 152 8 Predatory Violence and Psychopathy 159 J. Reid Meloy The Science of Predatory Violence 160 Measurement 163 Predatory Violence and the Psychopath 165 Legal and Judicial Issues 168 TheWay Forward: Future Research and Applications 170 References 171 9 Psychopathy in Economical Crime, Organized Crime, andWar Crimes 177 Helin¨a H¨akk¨anen-Nyholm and Jan-Olof Nyholm Economical Crime 179 Organized Crime 183 War Crimes 192 Future Research and Practical Applications 197 References 199 10 Forever a Psychopath? Psychopathy and the Criminal Career Trajectory 201 Julia Shaw and Stephen Porter Introduction 201 Psychopathy in Children and Youth 205 Violent Offending 209 Sex Offending 212 Conclusion 214 References 214 11 Psychopathy in Prisons 223 Hannu Lauerma Introduction 223 The Offending Psychopath and Society 224 Psychopathy and the Prison Staff 226 Psychiatric Care 228 Measures Against Psychopathic Behavior 232 References 234 12 Psychopathy in Families: Implications for Clinical Interviews and Civil Proceedings 235 Helin¨a H¨akk¨anen-Nyholm Intimate Relationships 237 Parenthood 245 Working with Psychopaths in a Clinical Setting 248 Manifestation of Psychopathy in Civil Proceedings 251 References 256 13 Interpersonal Aspects and Interviewing Psychopaths 261 Jan-Olof Nyholm and Helin¨a H¨akk¨anen-Nyholm Introduction 261 The Psychopath’s Interpersonal Behavior 264 Deception and Manipulation 267 Threat of Violence 272 Practical Tips for Interviewing Psychopathic Individuals 273 References 279 Index 287
£42.70
University of California Press Big Money Crime
Book SynopsisAt a cost of $500 billion to American taxpayers, the savings and loan debacle of the 1980s was the worst financial crisis of the 20th century as well as a crime unparalleled in American history. This title demonstrates how systematic political collusion - not just policy errors - was a critical ingredient in this unprecedented series of frauds.Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction "Bad Guys " or Risky Business? Thrift Crime Demystified The Political Connection Cleaning Up Pursuing White-Collar Criminals Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
£23.40
University of California Press Blind Injustice A Former Prosecutor Exposes the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The best book I’ve read on the criminal justice system since Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. . . . This is the rare book that looks at criminal justice from the perspective of culture. And Godsey has the chops to tell it." * Daily Kos *“The book, which is in part a confessional, looks at how innocent people can become the victims of faulty eyewitness testimony, bad forensics, and a variety of blinding cognitive biases on the part of law-enforcement personnel, prosecutors, and judges, and why the system so tenaciously defends the status quo, even when it’s guilty of railroading innocent citizens. With so much attention rightly focused on racial injustice in recent years, Godsey’s book offers another important piece of the puzzle.” * The Nation *"[Mark Godsey's] book is about how his career change also changed his outlook, by showing up 'problems in the system that I, as a prosecutor, should have seen, but about which I had simply been in denial'. . . . Mr Godsey’s work is memorable because he is able to show precisely how these flaws work in action." * The Economist *"A breathless page-turner, especially for true crime readers, drawing together Godsey and his indefatigable staff as they relentlessly power through volumes and volumes of evidence in pursuit of the truth.” * Salon *“Mark Godsey, a former federal prosecutor who now heads the Ohio Innocence Project, examines the causes of wrongful convictions, from faulty eyewitness identifications to investigator tunnel vision, while drawing on a depressingly vast array of shocking examples. He graciously allows that the police, prosecutors, and judges whose ‘unreasonable and intellectually dishonest positions’ have led to unjust convictions and avoidable suffering acted not out of malice but out of the abundant capacity for human error.” - OUR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017 * The Progressive *“Passionate and readable, this book provides meaningful support for the Innocence movement and startling insights into the justice system while admitting the reality of systemic racism but omitting its direct discussion.” * Library Journal *"Blind Injustice is worth the read. Give a copy to your favorite prosecutor. And maybe to your neighbor." * GAMSO - for the Defense *"An excellent resource for psychology and law courses. . . . Highly recommended" * CHOICE *"Blind Injustice, instructive and passionate, is an excellent introduction to major wrongful conviction themes. It is an accessible book for laypersons and criminologists who are new to the subject. It would make a lively text in a wrongful conviction course. One wishes that it would be read by prosecutors across America. If they did, perhaps like the author, they would say, as the hymn Amazing Grace has it— 'was blind but now I see.' . . . An attention-grabbing book that powerfully instructs." * Social Science Research Network *"Godsey’s book is splendid. Everyone who cares the least bit about justice must read it. Parts will make you shake your head in amazement, parts will give you a sense of elation, and parts will make you cry. . . . There have been, over the past dozen or so years, several excellent books examining the failings of the American criminal justice system. A skeptic might wonder what there is new to say about the problems that infect the system. But that skepticism melts almost instantly when one opens Godsey’s book. Mark Godsey brings a unique perspective to bear on the problem of convicting the innocent." * Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law *“If, like me, you enjoyed the Netflix ‘docudrama’ Making A Murderer, you will be right at home with this excellent exposé of certain problematic features of the American criminal justice system. Former prosecutor, now professor, Mark Godsey takes his readers through a multitude of cases in which he acted as legal counsel, and where wrongful convictions emerged at the end of the day. The fact that this leading light in the Ohio Innocence Project was on the ‘other side’ of the justice ‘coin’ for many years, employing the same tactics that are likely to give rise to mistakes, gives his writing the credibility that other ‘justice system in crisis’ or ‘criminal injustice system’ books simply do not have.” * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Mark Godsey offers a fresh viewpoint" * National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers *"An easy and interesting read. . . . It is Godsey’s experience as a former prosecutor that gives this book its power. His story of transformation is one that every lawyer could learn from. I will certainly be buying copies for my students who begin their careers in prosecution." * National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments About This Book 1. EYE OPENER 2. BLIND DENIAL 3. BLIND AMBITION 4. BLIND BIAS 5. BLIND MEMORY 6. BLIND INTUITION 7. BLIND TUNNEL VISION 8. SEEING AND ACCEPTING HUMAN LIMITATIONS Notes Index
£22.50
University of California Press Prisons of Debt
Book SynopsisA profound portrait of the hidden injustices that trap fathers in a cycle of punishment and debt. In the first study of its kind, sociologist Lynne Haney travels into state institutions across the country to document the experiences of the millions of fathers cycling through the criminal justice and child support systems. Prisons of Debt shows how these systems work together to create complex entanglementsrather than piling up in men's lives, these entanglements form feedback loops of disadvantage. The prisonchild support pipeline flows in both directions, deepening parents' debt and criminal justice involvement. Through moving accounts of men struggling to be fathers from behind prison walls and under the weight of support debt, Prisons of Debt exposes how the criminalization of child support undermines the most essential of familial relationships. Haney argues that these state systems can end up producing exactly the kind of parent they fear and loathe: bitter, unreliable, andTrade Review"Haney shows how state bureaucracies seem to conspire against historically marginalized individuals, leaving indebted fathers beholden to the state and distanced from their children. She illustrates how systems of social exclusion and punishment operate by sharing the haunting stories of men who face the daunting task of navigating debt and a lack of gainful employment while under close surveillance by police. . . . This book uncovers structural inequalities and offers potential solutions. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"A fantastic ethnography. . . .Lynne Haney has navigated readers through the institutional bureaucracy that leaves these fathers’ lives in shambles and bleeds into their lived experiences far beyond their incarcerations. Her intention to give voice to these fathers and center their experiences is remarkably done." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Drawing on years of research in the New York, Florida, and California family court and prison systems, Haney weaves these men’s stories into a disturbing portrait of the U.S. child support enforcement regime as a modern form of debtors’ prison. The result is by far the most comprehensive and illuminating account of the interplay between child support enforcement and incarceration in the contemporary United States." * Boston Review *"Lynne Haney provides the first large-scale and rigorous accounting of the mutually reinforcing linkages between the criminal legal system and the child support system. This book is a thoughtful and careful accounting of how these two institutions influence one another to create compounding disadvantages for the vulnerable men who become entangled in these systems." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: From Deadbeat to Dead Broke Part I Accumulation 1. Making Men Pay 2. The Debt of Imprisonment Part II Enforcement 3. Punishing Parents, Creating Criminals 4. The Imprisonment of Debt Part III Indebted Fatherhood 5. The Good, the Bad, and the Dead Broke 6. Cyclical Parenting Conclusion: Reforming Debt, Reimagining Fatherhood Appendix: About the Research Notes Bibliography Index
£64.00
University of California Press Gendering Criminology
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsCONTENTS Preface: New Language for a New Way of Thinking 1. The Story of Gender: Definitions, Origins, and Current Issues 2. The Why and How: Theories of Gender, Crime, and Victimization 3. “Manly” Crimes: The Relationship between Masculinity and Criminality 4. “Ladies Only”: An Examination of Women and Crime 5. At the Margins: Criminalization in the LGBTQIA+ Communities 6. Gender-Based Online Victimization 7. “Boys Will Be Boys” and “Sugar and Spice”: The Relationship between Gender and Victimization 8. The Victimization of Individuals Who Identify as LGBTQIA+ 9. Policing Crime: How Gender Influences Arrest Decisions and Court Cases 10. The Gendered Nature of Punishment 11. “Boys’ Clubs”: Gender and Employment in the Criminal-Legal System 12. Gender, Crime, and the Media References Index
£50.40
University of California Press Blind Injustice
Book SynopsisAwarded Digital Book World's Best Book Published by a University Press In this unprecedented view from the trenches, prosecutor turned champion for the innocent MarkGodseytakes us inside the frailties of the human mind as they unfold in real-world wrongful convictions. Drawing upon stories from his own career,Godseyshares how innate psychological flaws in judges, police, lawyers, and juries coupled with a tough on crime environment can cause investigations to go awry, leading to the convictions of innocent people. In Blind Injustice, Godseyexplores distinct psychological human weaknesses inherent in the criminal justice systemconfirmation bias, memory malleability, cognitive dissonance, bureaucratic denial, dehumanization, and othersand illustrates each with stories fromhis time as a hard-nosed prosecutor and then as an attorney for the Ohio Innocence Project. He also lays bare the criminal justice system's internal political pressures.How does the fact that judges, sheriffs, and prosecutors are elected officials influence how they view cases? How can defense attorneys support clients when many are overworked and underpaid? And how do juries overcome bias leading them to believe that police and expert witnesses know more than they do about what evidence means? This book sheds a harsh light on the unintentional yet routine injustices committed by those charged with upholding justice. Yet in the end, Godsey recommends structural, procedural, and attitudinal changes aimed at restoring justice to the criminal justice system.Trade Review"The best book I’ve read on the criminal justice system since Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. . . . This is the rare book that looks at criminal justice from the perspective of culture. And Godsey has the chops to tell it." * Daily Kos *“The book, which is in part a confessional, looks at how innocent people can become the victims of faulty eyewitness testimony, bad forensics, and a variety of blinding cognitive biases on the part of law-enforcement personnel, prosecutors, and judges, and why the system so tenaciously defends the status quo, even when it’s guilty of railroading innocent citizens. With so much attention rightly focused on racial injustice in recent years, Godsey’s book offers another important piece of the puzzle.” * The Nation *"[Mark Godsey's] book is about how his career change also changed his outlook, by showing up 'problems in the system that I, as a prosecutor, should have seen, but about which I had simply been in denial'. . . . Mr Godsey’s work is memorable because he is able to show precisely how these flaws work in action." * The Economist *"A breathless page-turner, especially for true crime readers, drawing together Godsey and his indefatigable staff as they relentlessly power through volumes and volumes of evidence in pursuit of the truth.” * Salon *“Mark Godsey, a former federal prosecutor who now heads the Ohio Innocence Project, examines the causes of wrongful convictions, from faulty eyewitness identifications to investigator tunnel vision, while drawing on a depressingly vast array of shocking examples. He graciously allows that the police, prosecutors, and judges whose ‘unreasonable and intellectually dishonest positions’ have led to unjust convictions and avoidable suffering acted not out of malice but out of the abundant capacity for human error.” - OUR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017 * The Progressive *“Passionate and readable, this book provides meaningful support for the Innocence movement and startling insights into the justice system while admitting the reality of systemic racism but omitting its direct discussion.” * Library Journal *"Blind Injustice is worth the read. Give a copy to your favorite prosecutor. And maybe to your neighbor." * GAMSO - for the Defense *"An excellent resource for psychology and law courses. . . . Highly recommended" * CHOICE *"Blind Injustice, instructive and passionate, is an excellent introduction to major wrongful conviction themes. It is an accessible book for laypersons and criminologists who are new to the subject. It would make a lively text in a wrongful conviction course. One wishes that it would be read by prosecutors across America. If they did, perhaps like the author, they would say, as the hymn Amazing Grace has it— 'was blind but now I see.' . . . An attention-grabbing book that powerfully instructs." * Social Science Research Network *"Godsey’s book is splendid. Everyone who cares the least bit about justice must read it. Parts will make you shake your head in amazement, parts will give you a sense of elation, and parts will make you cry. . . . There have been, over the past dozen or so years, several excellent books examining the failings of the American criminal justice system. A skeptic might wonder what there is new to say about the problems that infect the system. But that skepticism melts almost instantly when one opens Godsey’s book. Mark Godsey brings a unique perspective to bear on the problem of convicting the innocent." * Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law *“If, like me, you enjoyed the Netflix ‘docudrama’ Making A Murderer, you will be right at home with this excellent exposé of certain problematic features of the American criminal justice system. Former prosecutor, now professor, Mark Godsey takes his readers through a multitude of cases in which he acted as legal counsel, and where wrongful convictions emerged at the end of the day. The fact that this leading light in the Ohio Innocence Project was on the ‘other side’ of the justice ‘coin’ for many years, employing the same tactics that are likely to give rise to mistakes, gives his writing the credibility that other ‘justice system in crisis’ or ‘criminal injustice system’ books simply do not have.” * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Mark Godsey offers a fresh viewpoint" * National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers *"An easy and interesting read. . . . It is Godsey’s experience as a former prosecutor that gives this book its power. His story of transformation is one that every lawyer could learn from. I will certainly be buying copies for my students who begin their careers in prosecution." * National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments About This Book 1. EYE OPENER 2. BLIND DENIAL 3. BLIND AMBITION 4. BLIND BIAS 5. BLIND MEMORY 6. BLIND INTUITION 7. BLIND TUNNEL VISION 8. SEEING AND ACCEPTING HUMAN LIMITATIONS Notes Index
£18.90
University of California Press Twenty Million Angry Men The Case for Including
Book SynopsisToday, all but one U.S. jurisdiction restricts a convicted felon's eligibility for jury service. Are there valid, legal reasons for banishing millions of Americans from the jury process? How do felon-juror exclusion statutes impact convicted felons, jury systems, and jurisdictions that impose them?Twenty Million Angry Menprovides the first full account of this pervasive yet invisible form of civic marginalization. Drawing on extensive research, James M. Binnall challenges the professed rationales for felon-juror exclusion and highlights the benefits of inclusion as they relate to criminal desistance at the individual and community levels. Ultimately, this forward-looking book argues that when it comes to serving as a juror, a history of involvement in the criminal justice system is an asset, not a liability. Trade Review"Not only is Twenty Million Angry Men, a quick read, but it is well written. The book reviews and contextualizes the most important scholarship that has been done on the subject of felon juror exclusion. . . . Much like the field of convict criminology, felon-juror research demonstrates how previously convicted people can make a positive contribution to understanding the subtleties of the criminal justice process that lay people often overlook." * British Journal of Criminology *"Scholars and activists need look no further than Binnall’s book for a powerful exposition of the flaws in felon-juror exclusions and compelling evidence that allowing felon-jurors to serve would enhance 'our purest form of civic engagement.'" * Law & Society Review *“Twenty Million Angry Men: The Case for Including Convicted Felons in Our Jury System is a powerful title, and gives a useful preview of some of the emphases of this important book. James Binnall demonstrates the broad scope of this form of jury exclusion, unearths fascinating new material about the emotions of those involved, presents a multi-tiered argument for change, and shows, through his upfront ownership of the word ‘felon,’ that he is not going to shy away from exposing and tackling stigmatizing labels in this area of the law.” * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"This book will interest students and scholars of American jurisprudence, sociology of law, and desistance studies." * CHOICE *"Well organized and…tightly argued." * Critical Criminology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 • Framing the Issue 2 • Rotten to the Core? 3 • Honor Among Thieves 4 • Sequestering the Convicted: Part I 5 • Sequestering the Convicted: Part II 6 • Criminal-Desistance Summoned 7 • A Community Change Agent 8 • A Healthy Ambivalence Conclusion Epilogue Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Notes References Index
£64.00
University of California Press Twenty Million Angry Men
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Not only is Twenty Million Angry Men, a quick read, but it is well written. The book reviews and contextualizes the most important scholarship that has been done on the subject of felon juror exclusion. . . . Much like the field of convict criminology, felon-juror research demonstrates how previously convicted people can make a positive contribution to understanding the subtleties of the criminal justice process that lay people often overlook." * British Journal of Criminology *"Scholars and activists need look no further than Binnall’s book for a powerful exposition of the flaws in felon-juror exclusions and compelling evidence that allowing felon-jurors to serve would enhance 'our purest form of civic engagement.'" * Law & Society Review *“Twenty Million Angry Men: The Case for Including Convicted Felons in Our Jury System is a powerful title, and gives a useful preview of some of the emphases of this important book. James Binnall demonstrates the broad scope of this form of jury exclusion, unearths fascinating new material about the emotions of those involved, presents a multi-tiered argument for change, and shows, through his upfront ownership of the word ‘felon,’ that he is not going to shy away from exposing and tackling stigmatizing labels in this area of the law.” * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"This book will interest students and scholars of American jurisprudence, sociology of law, and desistance studies." * CHOICE *"Well organized and…tightly argued." * Critical Criminology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 • Framing the Issue 2 • Rotten to the Core? 3 • Honor Among Thieves 4 • Sequestering the Convicted: Part I 5 • Sequestering the Convicted: Part II 6 • Criminal-Desistance Summoned 7 • A Community Change Agent 8 • A Healthy Ambivalence Conclusion Epilogue Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Notes References Index
£22.50
University of California Press Autopsy of a Crime Lab
Book SynopsisThis book exposes the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we rely on for criminal convictions. That's not my fingerprint, your honor,said the defendant,after FBI experts reported a 100-percentidentification.The FBI was wrong. It is shocking how often they are. Autopsy of a Crime Lab is the first book to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a range of well-known forensic evidence, from fingerprints and firearms to forensic algorithms. In this devastating forensic takedown, noted legal expert Brandon L. Garrett poses the questions that should be asked in courtrooms every day: Where are the studies that validatethe basic premises of widely accepted techniques such as fingerprinting? How can experts testify with 100-percentcertainty about a fingerprint, when there is no such thing as a 100 percentmatch? Where is the quality control at the crime scenes and in the laboratories? Should we so readily adopt powerful new technologies like facial recognition softwTrade Review“Autopsy of a Crime Lab forcefully reminds us that despite what we see on CSI, even airtight evidence must first be interpreted by boastful and fallible humans.” * Vanity Fair *"Garrett shatters illusions that forensics are always scientifically accurate, and that experts brought in to testify always know their subject. Autopsy of a Crime Lab provides resources to move forward and fix forensics, to ensure that human and scientific errors are kept to a minimum." * CHOICE *"Autopsy of a Crime Lab argues that judges should take their responsibility as gatekeepers of scientific and technical evidence more seriously." * Reason *“Autopsy of a Crime Lab offers in its form as well as its content a convincing argument against the current state of forensic science, as well as promising solutions for the way forward. This book would be an excellent resource for academics but would also be a great starting point for anyone who wants to learn more about the problems inherent within forensics.” * True Crime Index *"In Autopsy of a Crime Lab, Brandon Garrett has produced the best overview for a general audience to date of the legal-scientific problems at the heart of this controversy." * Law & Society Review *"Autopsy of a Crime Lab is an important first step in bringing the forensic system 'back to life' by tackling both the science itself, and how it should be understood and implemented in the criminal-legal system." * Criminal Law & Criminal Justice Books *"This book is a must-read for any person involved in justice at any level. Failure to understand the basic science behind forensics is to court miscarriage of justice on a grand scale. Judges and lawyers would be well advised to read this book and to keep it close at hand." * South Africa Law Review *"Its analysis of the shortcomings of most forensic sciences is nothing short of devastating." * Judicature *Table of ContentsPart I The Crisis in Forensics Introduction 1. The Bite Mark Case 2. The Crisis in Forensics Part II Flawed Forensics 3. False ID 4. Error Rates 5. Overstatement 6. Qualifications 7. Hidden Bias 8. The Gatekeepers Part III Failed Labs 9. Failed Quality Control 10. Crime Scene Contamination Part IV The Movement to Fix Forensics 11. The Rebirth of the Lab 12. Big Data Forensics 13. Fixing Forensics Acknowledgments Appendix Notes Index
£22.50
University of California Press Intersecting Lives
Book SynopsisFew would disagree that neighborhood and place are important dimensions of reentry from prison, but we have a less clear sense of why or how they matterand we rarely get a view of the lived social-interactional dynamics between people returning from incarceration and receiving communities. Intersecting Lives focuses on the processes by which neighborhood and place influence reentry experiences and how these shape community life. Through interviews and ethnographic observations, Andrea M. Leverentz brings readers into three very different Boston communities. These places and the interactions they foster shape reentry outcomes, including reoffending, surveillance, relationship formation, and access to opportunities. This book sheds crucial new light on the processes of reentry and desistance, tying them intimately to space and community, including dynamics around race, gender, gentrification, homelessness, and transportation.Trade Review"This book will hold great value not just for scholars focused on neighborhood and mobility outcomes after incarceration, but more broadly for scholars of stratification and inequality." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1 • Criminalizing Disadvantage: Race, Class, Gender, and Reentry in Boston 2 • Bouncing and the Black Box of Reentry’s Neighborhood Effects 3 • Dorchester: Returning to a “High-Crime” Neighborhood 4 • The South End: Returning to a “Gentrified” Neighborhood 5 • South Boston: Returning to a “White” Neighborhood 6 • Small Towns, Poverty, and Addiction Conclusion Appendix A: Methods Appendix B: Research Participants Notes References Index
£64.00
