Criminal law: procedure and offences Books

Book SynopsisThis study and revision guide draws on Claire McDiarmid's 20 years of experience teaching criminal law to new Scots law students. The new edition takes account of changes to the law in Defences, Homicide, Crimes against Public Order and Sexual Offences.

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Book SynopsisThis collection examines law and justice on television in different countries around the world. It provides a benchmark for further study of the nature and extent of television coverage of justice in fictional, reality and documentary forms. It does this by drawing on empirical work from a range of scholars in different jurisdictions. Each chapter looks at the raw data of how much "justice" material viewers were able to access in the multi-channel world of 2014 looking at three phases: apprehension (police), adjudication (lawyers), and disposition (prison/punishment). All of the authors indicate how television developed in their countries. Some have extensive public service channels mixed with private media channels. Financing ranges from advertising to programme sponsorship to licensing arrangements. A few countries have mixtures of these. Each author also examines how "TV justice" has developed in their own particular jurisdiction. Readers will find interesting variations and thought-provoking similarities. There are a lot of television shows focussed on legal themes that are imported around the world. The authors analyse these as well. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in law, popular culture, TV, or justice and provides an important addition to the literature due to its grounding in empirical data.Trade ReviewThe survey, within its chosen and well defined limits of scope and approach, offers, first and foremost, reliable quantitative affirmation of the American dominance of law and justice on TV (with the exception of the UK), and of the dominance of series featuring police focus over lawyer and punishment focus ... The survey will serve as excellent framework and basis for further studies along the quantitative/empirical lines laid out. -- Lars Ole Sauerberg * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of Contents1. A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV Peter Robson and Jennifer L Schulz 2. Australia Cassandra Sharp 3. Belgium (Flanders) Hilde Van den Bulck, Kathleen Custers and Jan Van den Bulck 4. Britain Peter Robson 5. Canada Jennifer L Schulz 6. Denmark Glen Odgaard 7. France Barbara Villez (with Valentin Rolando) 8. Germany Stefan Machura and Michael Böhnke 9. Greece Nickos Myrtou, Stamatis Poulakidakos and Panagiota Nakou 10. Israel Itay Ravid 11. Italy Ferdinando Spina 12. Poland Zofi a Zawadzka 13. Spain Anja Louis 14. Switzerland Lukas Musumeci and Fabian Odermatt 15. United States of America Christine A Corcos

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Book Synopsis'... undoubtedly a first-rate companion for any undergraduate or post-graduate law course.’ John Taggart, Criminal Law Review This outstanding account of modern English criminal law combines detailed exposition and analysis of the law with a careful exploration of its theoretical underpinnings. Primarily, it is written for undergraduate students of criminal law, covering all subjects taught at undergraduate level. The book’s philosophical approach ensures students have a deeper understanding of the law that goes beyond a purely doctrinal knowledge As a result, over its numerous editions, it has become required reading for many criminal law courses. The 8th edition covers all statutory law including the Assaults on Emergency Workers Act 2018 and Domestic Abuse Act, s 71. Case law discussions now cover: Grant (complicity); Barton (dishonesty); Broughton, Field, Kuddus, and Rebelo (homicide) and AG’s Ref (No 1 of 2020) (sexual offences).Trade Review[This] textbook remains one of, if not the, leading criminal law textbooks in England and Wales. It is one of few textbooks available that engages in a detailed exposition of the doctrinal criminal law while simultaneously engaging with the criminal law’s theoretical underpinnings. * Dr Daniel Bansal, Leicester Law School *Simester and Sullivan’s Criminal Law is my ‘go-to’ textbook, combining rigorous analysis of criminal law doctrine with sophisticated theoretical analysis. * Dr Jennifer Collins, Associate Professor in Law, University of Bristol Law School *Excellent and thorough discussion, with very useful updates for the last couple of years, especially Broughton. -- Christopher Cowley * University College Dublin *I'm very happy with this text - it is incisive, opinionated, and challenging. -- Mark Dsouza * University College London *This book is a thorough exploration of a number of key offences and defences in Criminal Law. There is an excellent level of detail and analysis of important contemporary debates and issues in the area. This is particularly suitable for strong students. -- Laura Graham * Northumbria University *The book is an excellent resource, a refreshing take for those who treasure the importance of theory. -- Lucas Miotto * Leeds Beckett University *

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Book SynopsisConcern for crime victims has been a growing political issue in improving the legitimacy and success of the criminal justice system through the rhetoric of rights. Since the 1970s there have been numerous reforms and policy documents produced to enhance victims’ satisfaction in the criminal justice system. The Republic of Ireland has seen a sea-change in more recent years from a focus on services for victims to a greater emphasis on procedural rights. The purpose of this book is to chart these reforms against the backdrop of wider political and regional changes emanating from the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, and to critically examine whether the position of crime victims has actually ameliorated. The book discusses the historical and theoretical concern for crime victims in the criminal justice system, examins the variety of forms of legal and service provision inclusion, amd concludes by analysing the various needs of victims which continue to be unmet.Trade Review‘This thoughtful, comprehensive and coherent text will contribute greatly to future developments in this area.’Ivana Bacik, Trinity College Dublin, Criminal Law and Practice Review -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Epistemic Shifts in knowing the Victim of Crime2. The Re-Emergence of the Victim in Ireland 3. The Juridification of Victims Inclusion in Ireland 4. Social Provision for Victims of Crime in Ireland 5. Continued Problems Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThomsons''s Delictual Liability, seventh edition, is a highly respected account of the principles of delict in Scots law and is the standard introductory textbook on the subject.The seventh edition of this popular text has been updated throughout and provides a clear and straightforward guide through this difficult area of Scots Law. The authors have retained the style of the book but have made some structural changes to make it more relevant to the LLB course and more appealing for the current LLB student. The authors have updated chapters to include some important recent case law including McCallum v Morrison regarding assault; Paterson v Lanarkshire Heath Board regarding medical professional liability and McDonald v Indigo Sun Retail regarding employers liability. They have also deleted two chapters and distributed the relevant content more appropriately and have written a new chapter on Prescription and Limitation to more closely follow the LLB course. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional''s Scots Law Library, Scottish Law Service and Scottish Student Service online services.

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Book SynopsisElliot Rook QC is one of the greatest barristers of his generation. He is also a complete fraud. Elliot Rook is the epitome of a highly successful, old Etonian QC. Or so everyone believes. In fact, he is an ex-petty criminal with a past that he has spent decades keeping secret. Until now… An unidentified young woman of Middle Eastern origin has been found murdered on the outskirts of Rook’s home town. Billy Barber – a violent football hooligan and white-supremacist – is accused of her murder. Barber insists that Rook must defend him. If Rook refuses, Barber will expose him, bringing crashing to the ground the life and career that Rook has spent his life building. The truth is there for the finding. But at what cost? The start of a thrilling new legal series, perfect for fans of Robert Galbraith and The Secret Barrister, written by an acclaimed QC

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Book SynopsisIn the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious courtroom dramas, pitting William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists against a teacher named John Scopes, represented by Clarence Darrow and the ACLU, in a famous debate over science, religion, and their place in public education. That trial marked the start of a battle that continues to this day -- in cities and states throughout the country.Edward Larson's classic Summer for the Gods -- winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History -- is the single most authoritative account of this pivotal event. The 'Monkey Trial,' as it was playfully nicknamed, was instigated by the American Civil Liberties Union to challenge a controversial Tennessee law banning the teaching of human evolution in public schools. The Tennessee statute represented the first major victory for an intense national campaign against Darwinism, launched in the 1920s by Protestant fundamentalists and led by the famed politician and orator William Jennings Bryan. At the behest of the ACLU, a teacher named John Scopes agreed to challenge the statute, and what resulted was a trial of mythic proportions. Bryan joined the prosecutors and acclaimed criminal attorney Clarence Darrow led the defense -- a dramatic legal matchup that spurred enormous media attention and later inspired the classic play Inherit the Wind.Now with a new epilogue assessing the resonance of this history in America today, Summer of the Gods is the authoritative examination of the Scopes trial and its religious, cultural, educational, and political legacies.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a concise and up-to-date account of crime prevention theory, practice and research in a form designed to be accessible and interesting to both students and practitioners. Readers will be equipped to think in an informed and critical way about what has been and might be done in practice to prevent crime at local and national levels. What is distinctive in the approach is the emphasis on crime reduction mechanisms, how they may be activated and the intended and unintended patterns of outcome produced. Each of chapters two to five takes this as its organizing principle. The key aim is to clearly convey ideas, arguments and evidence as simply as possible whilst doing justice to the material available.Trade Review"'This book is based on Nick Tilley's many years of experience in the crime prevention field. It is a must for those coming fresh to the challenges of crime reduction-both the academic and practitioner. It is written in Nick's easily accessible style but covers some complex issues. I can certainly recommend it.' Professor Gloria Laycock (UCL Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science)"Table of Contents1. Introduction: What's to be Done? 2. Criminal Justice Measures and Mechanisms 3. Individual Measures and Mechanisms 4. Social Measures and Mechanisms 5. Situational Measures and Mechanisms 6. Implementation 7. Evaluation 8. Conclusion: What's to be Done to Improve Crime Prevention? Annex: Norman Storey's Tale (1946 – 2008)

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Book SynopsisPolice procedure and evidence brought to life! A key text for all those on policing degree or other pre-join routes, this book examines police procedure and evidence in the criminal justice system, providing clear and accessible information while encouraging analysis and reflection. Chapters cover police powers, stop and search, arrest and custody, disposals, court procedures and disclosure, and rehabilitation. Uniquely it follows the journey of a fictional family who all in one way or another become involved in the criminal justice system, allowing students to consider a range of possible options and outcomes and bringing the theory to life.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Police powers Chapter 2: Stop and Search Chapter 3: Arresting the suspect and custody procedures Chapter 4: Disposals of suspects Chapter 5: The criminal justice system and court procedures Chapter 6: Disclosure Chapter 7: Rehabilitation

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Book SynopsisFor half a century the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 has dominated ill-conceived approaches to the prohibition of drugs and the criminalisation of many offenders. Wilful blindness to scientific facts has distorted the dispensation of justice, prevented lifesaving investigation, sidelined critics and thwarted advocates of politically inconvenient drugs law reform. This once in an epoch review by experts from a range of disciplines shows how lawmakers and the media have ignored the scientific evidence to sustain badly founded rhetoric in favour of blanket bans, punishment and the marginalisation of opponents. Countless individuals (including the vulnerable, deprived, addicted and mentally ill) have therefore suffered unnecessarily. This, the most comprehensive critique of the 1971 Act yet, rests on the combined learning of leading medical, scientific, psychiatric, academic, legal, drug safety and other specialists to provide sound reasons to re-think half a century of bad law.Trade Review'It is time to see the MDA 1971 for what it is: a bad law that has the opposite effect to that intended. The so-called war on drugs is lost. It could never be won. Let us replace this knee-jerk law with something rational, something evidence-based, something more humane.'- From the Foreword.Table of ContentsForeword by The Rt Hon Norman Baker; Introduction. PART I - The Impact Of Drugs: At the Frontiers of Psychiatry; A Forensic Science Perspective; Fifty Years of MDMA; Displacement, Adulteration and Innovation - How the MDA 1971 Failed to Control NPS; Cannabis: Past, Present and Future; Narratives of Drug-related Harm. PART II - Impact on the Medical, Pharmacy and Veterinary Professions: Chronic Pain; The Impact of the MDA 1971 on the Veterinary Profession; Enabling Access to Essential Medicines and Devices. PART III - Legacies of the Drug Laws: How States Have Adapted Their Drug Laws; The Sixties, Barbara Wootton and the Counterculture - Revisiting the Origins of the MDA 1971; The Ongoing Impact on the Racialised Policing of Black Communities. PART IV - Perspectives and Approaches: Challenging Stigma, Changing Minds; The MDA 1971: No Education; The Impact of Drug Legislation on Climate Change; Decision Conferencing and Multi-criteria Decision Analysis; The MDA 1971: Missteps and Misunderstandings. PART V - Changing Policy: Regulating the Legal: Lessons from Alcohol Policy and the Battle for Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland; A Modest Proposal to Decriminalise the Simple Possession of Drugs; The Legal Regulation of Drugs in the UK. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn allen gängigen Darstellungen zum Allgemeinen Teil des Strafrechts finden sich Hinweise zum "Strafgrund des Versuchs". Ähnlich wie die Ausführungen zu den Straftheorien fristen sie jedoch ein isoliertes, von keinem weitergehenden Erkenntnisinteresse getragenes Dasein im Vorfeld der eigentlich zentralen Gesetzesanalyse. Damit wird der Zusammenhang verschleiert, der zur Lösung dogmatischer Einzelprobleme einerseits und zu den Fragen nach Legitimation und Zweck staatlicher Kriminalstrafe andererseits besteht. Anliegen dieser Untersuchung ist es, die Grundlagen der Versuchsdogmatik systematisch zu entwickeln. Ausgehend von einer straftheoretischen Weichenstellung stellt Matthias Wachter einen allgemeinen Verbrechensbegriff vor, aus dem sich Grenzen für eine legitime Strafbarkeit in unterschiedlichen Versuchskonstellationen ableiten lassen.

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Book SynopsisA meticulous and exhaustive accounting of the total economic devastation wreaked on Black communities by mass incarceration with an action guide for vital reparations. Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power is a staggering account of the destruction wrought by mass incarceration. Finding that the economic value of the damages to Black individuals, families, and communities totals $7.16 trillionroughly 86 percent of the current BlackWhite wealth gapthis compelling and exhaustive analysis puts unprecedented empirical heft behind an urgent call for reparations. Much of the damage of mass incarceration, Tasseli McKay finds, has been silently absorbed by families and communities of the incarceratedwhere it is often compensated for by women's invisible labor. Four decades of state-sponsored violence have destroyed the health, economic potential, and political power of Black Americans across generations. Grounded in principles of transitional justice that have guided other nations in moving past erTrade Review"An eloquent and impressively detailed argument for repairing a grave injustice." * Publishers Weekly *"The case for reparations is not about guilt or blame but a shared morality about justice for the sins and harms the US inflicted through government actions, including enslavement, redlining, eminent domain, and racial discrimination. McKay makes a convincing case." * CHOICE *"A phenomenal read for those in privilege and those in peril." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Disremembered and Unaccounted For 2. “Institutionalized”: The Hyperregulation of Childhood Challenges 3. “More than a Shell”: Perpetual Imprisonment 4. “I Always Put the Burden on Her Shoulders”:The Invisible Weight of Mass Incarceration 5. “They Needed Me There”: The Mass Removal of Parents 6. “Systematic Deconstruction”: The Collective Effects of Mass Incarceration 7. Dreaming an America beyond Mass Incarceration Appendix: Research Methods Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA fascinating examination of how the automobile reconfigured American life, not just in terms of suburbanization and infrastructure but with regard to deeply ingrained notions of freedom and personal identity…This is what makes Seo’s book so engrossing: it is filled with riveting, deeply researched accounts of interactions between drivers and cops back when the rules governing such incidents were still hazy. At times, it feels like an underground history—of closeted gay men testing the limits of privacy; of African-Americans, like Jack Johnson or Martin Luther King, Jr., simply trying to get from one place to another. -- Hua Hsu * New Yorker *Remarkable…Seo’s idea is that the problem of policing cars, far from being a remote corner of the law, is central to how the jurisprudence of the Fourth Amendment (searches and seizures) took shape during the past hundred years. -- Nathan Heller * New Yorker *From traffic stops to parking tickets, Seo traces the history of cars alongside the history of crime and discovers that the two are inextricably linked. * Smithsonian *Seo uses motor vehicle search and seizure cases to show how the rise of the automobile dramatically expanded the role of police in American society. But what began as simple traffic law enforcement evolved into a crime-control strategy that disproportionately targeted black motorists…An important revisionist history of the due process revolution. -- Jackson Smith * Public Books *Among the book’s distinctly valuable contributions, readers learn of several of the ancestors of the better-publicized violent police stops of recent decades…An indispensable work of unique importance. -- Peter Norton * Technology and Culture *How have we gone without this book for so long? Seo’s momentous Policing the Open Road is the revelatory story of how the automobile fueled a new kind of freedom while propelling new forms of police power. Things that seemed like standard features of the world in which we live—everything from the pervasiveness of law-breaking, to the ubiquity of the patrol car, to the reproduction of race and class on the highways—turn out in Seo’s brilliant legal history to arise out of the ambiguities of the automobile revolution. Reader-drivers beware: you’ll never speed the same way again. -- John Fabian Witt, author of Lincoln’s CodePolicing the Open Road is a highly readable account of how the automobile changed everything. With insights ranging from the joy of the open road to the indignities—and worse—of ‘driving while black,’ Sarah Seo makes the case that the 'law of the car’ has eroded our rights to privacy and equal justice. Careful scholarship is rarely so absorbing and so essential. -- Paul Butler, author of ChokeholdAt the heart of Sarah Seo’s Policing the Open Road stands a paradox: that even as the rise of the automobile promised unbridled freedom, it also subjected Americans to a level of policing previously unimaginable. With this sweeping, smart, and stimulating account, Seo has accomplished that most coveted of historian’s aspirations: enabling her readers to see through a new lens not only the past but the present and future as well. -- Risa Goluboff, author of Vagrant NationSeo’s great insight is that twentieth-century law enforcement and the modern law of criminal procedure developed hand in hand with cars and the radically increased mobility they provided; the automotive revolution shaped ideas and expectations about law enforcement and changed the very meaning of freedom. Policing the Open Road is a fresh and revelatory work of cultural history as well as a major contribution to scholarship on policing and criminal procedure. -- David Alan Sklansky, Stanford UniversityA brilliant and groundbreaking book that will fundamentally reshape the way we think about the police, criminal procedure, and American freedom. Seo takes us from the Model T to the twenty-first century to show how policing cars, unexpectedly, made possible both the democratization of law enforcement and the systematic racialized policing of minorities. -- Bernard E. Harcourt, author of The CounterrevolutionWith vivid prose and a lovely sense of detail and personalities, Seo tells how, from the dawn of the automotive age to the 2015 death of Sandra Bland, cars and interactions with drivers shaped the rules governing policing—not just on the road but everywhere. How judicial commitment to the rule of law led to an embrace of massive discretion, with all its pathologies, is a story anyone interested in current criminal justice realities ought to read. -- Daniel Richman, Columbia Law SchoolBrilliantly connects the history of modern policing with the history of the car. Policing the Open Road is an important book for this moment. * 99% Invisible *

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Book SynopsisHow prisons around the world shape the social lives of their inhabitantsPrison Life offers a fresh appreciation of how people in prison organize their lives, drawing on case studies from Africa, Europe and the US. The book describes how order is maintained, how power is exercised, how days are spent, and how meaning is found in a variety of environments that all have the same function incarceration but discharge it very differently. It is based on an unusually diverse range of sources including photographs, drawings, court cases, official reports, memoirs, and site visits. Ian O'Donnell contrasts the soul-destroying isolation of the federal supermax in Florence, Colorado with the crowded conviviality of an Ethiopian prison where men and women cook their own meals, seek opportunities to generate an income, elect a leadership team, and live according to a code of conduct that they devised and enforce. He explores life on wings controlled by the Irish Republican Army in Northern IrelaTrade ReviewPrison Life is a monumental contribution. It is a searing look at the interior life of persons whom the state has consigned to its darkest, cruelest corners. I hesitate to characterize a book about such a somber and sobering topic as ‘beautifully written,’ but here the description truly applies. Ian O’Donnell conveys the painful complexity of prison life with eloquence, grace, and even wit, without in any way detracting from the seriousness of his subject. His insights are both broad and deep, astutely capturing many profound truths, not just about prison life but human nature itself. * Craig Haney, author of Criminality in Context: The Psychological Foundations of Criminal Justice Reform *O’Donnell’s engaging comparative analysis challenges classical views of the prison as a carceral institution that manifests in similar ways across places and purposes. Through a rich description of the structures and functions of four prisons designed to serve divergent purposes in unique settings, punctuated by vivid biographical narratives of selected inmates, Prison Life illuminates the theoretical and pragmatic utility of embracing variability in how social organization emerges and is maintained within prisons. O’Donnell’s Prison Life is a must-read for those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of how the organization of social life in prisons differs across contexts and the implications this may have for legitimacy, security, and order within prisons. * Eric P. Baumer, Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Pennsylvania State University *In this well-researched and compelling set of case studies, O’Donnell explores how organizational and institutional factors influence the ways that incarcerated men experience, resist, and navigate prison regimes. Global comparative analyses of prison life remain relatively rare. Rarer still are those that include African prisons among their case studies. For these reasons and many more, Prison Life is a must-read! * Jill McCorkel, author of Breaking Women: Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment *Prison Life combines O’Donnell’s experience, knowledge and compassion in an ambitious, highly original and beautifully written book. Ian takes us inside the notorious H-Blocks in Northern Ireland, the vibrant, bustling prison communities of Ethiopia, the racially unjust melancholy of the Eastham Unit in Texas, and the supermax Hell of ADX Florence in Colorado, twisting the penal kaleidoscope to offer new perspectives on the multifarious pains of imprisonment. Bringing his customary warmth and wit to the stories he tells about people usually hidden from view, O’Donnell offers rare insight into the human condition and what it takes to resist others’ attempts to break the human spirit. A tour de force. * Yvonne Jewkes, co-editor of Handbook on Prisons *...a fine book that illuminates essential relational dimensions of human dignity ... an outstanding work from a mature and sensitive scholar who understands the complexities and rewards of writing about prisons (Derek S. Jeffreys, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay). ...elegantly written and sophisticated analysis (Cormac Behan, Technological University of Dublin, Ireland). ... a tour de force. By shifting the lens through which we see prisons, Prison Life makes a significant contribution to criminology. It should also be required reading for anyone setting out to run a prison (Kimmett Edgar, Prison Reform Trust, London, UK). ...raises critical questions about penal variations in legitimacy, order, and the experience of punishment, and does well to confront Eurocentric notions of ‘good governance' (Bethany E. Schmidt, University of Cambridge, UK). A gem in contemporary penological literature (Gorazd Mesko, University of Maribor, Slovenia). ... a welcome and overdue contribution ... moves beyond Sykes to a new way of describing prisons and locating them within a matrix of possibilities. In an overpopulated field, this is an impressive contribution (Ashley T. Rubin, University of Hawaii, Honolulu). -- The Prison Journal * The Prison Journal *One of the best books on prison life I have ever read … an outstanding contribution to the cumulative knowledge on prison social order … a powerful and touching narrative … beautifully written … monumental research. -- Libardo José Ariza, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia * International Criminal Justice Review *Although all prisons are different, O'Donnell (criminology, Univ. College Dublin, Ireland) uses a novel but entirely rational and fascinating way of comparatively analyzing four penal institutions. * R. D. McCrie, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY *

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Book SynopsisRóisín Mulgrew explores the way in which international sentences of imprisonment are implemented in national prisons and international detention facilities. She also makes recommendations for the development of the policies and practices used to enforce international punishment, and advocates the creation of an international prison system.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The International Penal System: 1. The international penal system; Part II. Systems: Systems for the Enforcement of International Punishment: 2. Decentralised national enforcement; 3. Centralised international enforcement; 4. Localised national enforcement; 5. The contemporary international penal system; Part III. Strategy: Developing and Operationalising International Penal Strategy: 6. International penal policy; 7. International penal practice; 8. Operationalising international penal strategy; Part IV. Structure: Creating an Accountable International Prison System: 9. An international prison system; 10. Guarding the guardians; Part V. The Development of the International Penal System: 11. The development of the international penal system.

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Book SynopsisWhen can the government read your email or monitor your web surfing? When can the police search your phone or copy your computer files? In the United States, the answers come from the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution and its ban on ''unreasonable searches and seizures.'' The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World takes the reader inside the legal world of how courts are interpreting the Fourth Amendment in the digital age. Computers, smartphones, and the Internet have transformed criminal investigations, and even a routine crime is likely to lead to digital evidence. But courts are struggling to apply old Fourth Amendment concepts to the new digital world. Mechanically applying old rules from physical investigations doesn''t make sense, as it often leads to dramatic expansions of government power just based on coincidences of computer design. Written by a prominent law professor whose scholarship has often been relied on by courts in the field, The Digital Fourth Amendment shows how judges must craft new rules for the new world of digital evidence. It explains the challenges courts confront as they translate old protections to a new technological world, bringing the reader up to date on the latest cases and rulings. Informed by legal history and the latest technology, this book gives courts a blueprint for legal change with clear rules for courts to adopt to restore our constitutional rights in the computer age.

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Book SynopsisThe Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment provides the most comprehensive reference for a vast number of topics relevant to crime and punishment with a unique focus on the multi/interdisciplinary and international aspects of these topics and historical perspectives on crime and punishment around the world.Trade ReviewThis work may just start a revolution in the production of subject encyclopedias...concisely written entries refrain from excessive technical jargon without compromising definitions or information. Articles are comprehensible to students and professionals or criminal-justice aficionados alike...This resource belongs in every public and academic library...." Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels - CHOICE, Editor Picks, November 2016Table of ContentsVolume I About the Editors vii Notes on Contributors ix Lexicon xliii Introduction xlvii Acknowledgments xlix Crime and Punishment A–C 1 Volume II Crime and Punishment D–N 467 Volume III Crime and Punishment O–Z 913 Index 1319

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Book SynopsisAshworth's Principles of Criminal Law is distinctly different from other criminal law textbooks. Focusing on the theoretical issues and underlying principles, it brings the subject to life through a critically involving and contextual approach, whilst still covering the core topics found on criminal law courses.Trade ReviewThis continues to be a unique, strong, and well-grounded account of English criminal law... The greatest strength of the book continues to be its first four conceptual chapters, which set the scene and establish the core values, institutions, and processes that give English criminal law its precise shape. * Dr David Hayes, Lecturer, University of Sheffield *The book is excellent, the work of two fine legal minds. No book of its length on the same subject is as good. * Dr John Stanton-Ife, Reader in Criminal Law, King's College London *Table of Contents1: Criminal law process 2: Criminal law history 3: Criminal law values 4: Criminal law fabric 5: Criminal conduct: Actus reus, causation and permissions 6: Criminal capacity, mens rea, and fault 7: Excusatory defences 8: Homicide 9: Non-fatal violations of the person 10: Property offences 11: Financial crime 12: Complicity 13: Inchoate offences 14: Bribery and money laundering (additional chapter) 15: Public order offences (additional chapter) 16: Communication offences (additional chapter)

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Book SynopsisIn the past twenty years, international criminal law has become one of the main areas of international legal scholarship and practice. Most textbooks in the field describe the evolution of international criminal tribunals, the elements of the core international crimes, the applicable modes of liability and defences, and the role of states in prosecuting international crimes.The Oxford Handbook of International Criminal Law, by contrast, takes a theoretically informed and refreshingly critical look at the most controversial issues in international criminal law, challenging prevailing practices, orthodoxies, and received wisdoms. Some of the contributions to the Handbook come from scholars within the field, but many come from outside of international criminal law, or indeed from outside law itself. The chapters are grounded in history, philosophy, and international relations. The result is a Handbook that expands the discipline and should fundamentally alter how international criminal law is understood.

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Book SynopsisThis is a history of the privilege in law against self-incrimination, demonstrating that what is sometimes considered an unchanging tenet of the legal system has actually encompassed many different legal consequences. The book seeks to uncover what the privilege meant in practice.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations 1: Introduction R. H. Helmholz 2: The Privilege and the Ius Commune: The Middle Ages to the Seventeenth Century R. H. Helmholz 3: Self-Incrimination in Interjurisdictional Law: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Charles M. Gray 4: The Privilege and Common Law Criminal Procedure: The Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries John H. Langbein 5: The Privilege in British North America: The Colonial Period to the Fifth Amendment Eben Moglen 6: The Modern Privilege: Its Nineteenth-Century Origins Henry E. Smith 7: A Peculiar Privilege in Historical Perspective Albert W. Alschuler Notes Table of Statutes Index

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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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Book SynopsisWhat circumstances lead someone to commit murder, rape, or acts of child molestation? Why does society have such a deep-seated wish for vengeance against perpetrators of heinous crimes? This book offers innovative perspectives on the difficult issues concerning a civilized society's response to offenders guilty of heinous crimes.Trade ReviewA decent approach to indecent acts. Future SurveyTable of Contents1. The Nature of Heinous Crime 2. Heinous Crime: Causes and Cases 3. Retribution and Revenge 4. Imprisonment: The Public Safety Imperative 5. Treatment and Rehabilitation 6. Restorative, Reparative, and Community Justice Epilogue Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisSocial Work Practice in the Criminal Justice System presents an overview of the criminal justice system for social workers, exploring the networks and institutions which comprise it. Integrating social work ethics and a commitment to social justice, this textbook explores social work practice roles to address social problems within the criminal justice system and promotes the development of knowledge, skills, and critical reflection in this increasingly important area of practice. In addition to covering the four key areas for social work practice â law enforcement, courts, corrections, and legislation, it covers police social work and forensic social work. This second edition has been updated to include: The opioid crisis and opioid courts Separate chapters describing special populations and contemporary issues in the criminal justice system Expanded criminal justice perspectives and theoretical framewTrade Review"In his timely update of this pathbreaking book – a first for the social work profession – Patterson has broadened his lens to examine the complex intersection between the criminal justice system and challenges faced by veterans, LGBTQ persons, and people who struggle with opioid addiction. Patterson also has keen insights to share about current and emerging controversies related to bail reform and decarceration, particularly as they pertain to social work's unique mission." - Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D., Professor, School of Social Work, Rhode Island College "Thank you for writing this much needed book. This book serves as wonderful addition to the preparation of social work professionals in the field of criminal justice and related areas. It provides a foundation for understanding the role of social work in the field of criminal justice as well as the skills, knowledge, and values necessary to be an effective criminal justice social work professional. It is comprehensive, concise, and very easy to read. Significant strengths of the book are the summaries of social work practice implications and the applications of evidence-based practice principles." - Dr. Valtreasa Tolliver-Cook, Associate Professor of Social Work, Alcorn State University "Social Work Practice in the Criminal Justice System, 2nd edition is a comprehensive and compelling examination of the crucial role that social work plays within the forensic realm. This edition includes critical updates on evolving areas of practice and is a vital resource for social work professionals at all levels from students to seasoned practitioners and everyone in between. A must-read!" - E. Jean-Marie Catlett, LMSW, Forensic Social Worker Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction to the U.S. criminal justice system; Chapter 2: Legislation and the criminal justice system; Chapter 3: Law enforcement; Chapter 4: The court system; Chapter 5: Corrections; Chapter 6: Criminal justice reforms and alternative programs; Chapter 7: Special populations in the criminal justice system; Chapter 8: Contemporary issues in the criminal justice system; Chapter 9: Social work practice in the criminal justice system; Chapter 10: Evidence-based practices in the criminal justice system; Chapter 11: The future of social work practice in the criminal justice system; Resources

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Book SynopsisFingerprints: Analysis and Understanding the Science, Second Edition is a thorough update of Mark Hawthorneâs classic written by two professionals with combined experience not only in crime scene investigations but also as court-recognized experts in latent print examination. Designed as a concise text to cover the fundamental techniques and principles of obtaining and analyzing latent fingerprint evidence, the book is laid out and written in an easy to understand format for those front-line professionals collecting and analyzing fingerprint evidence. Over time, the degree of sophistication and education on fingerprints and friction ridge analysis has increased. Ultimately, through scientific study by pioneers in the field, the composition of friction skin soon became evident: that it could be used as a unique identifier of individuals. Now, fingerprints and footprints as unique identifiersâand their use in criminal casesâhave become commonplace and an essentTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. About the Authors. Part I: Fingerprints Analysis. Chapter 1 – The History of Fingerprints. Chapter 2 – Systematic Methods of Identification. Chapter 3 – Fingerprint Pattern Types and Associated Terminology. Chapter 4 – Introduction to Classification Systems. Part II: Development, Identification, and Presentation of Fingerprints. Chapter 5 – Known/Direct/Inked Fingerprints; Processing Technique for Unknown/Latent Fingerprints. Chapter 6 – Court Preparation and Presentation. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive analysis of the presumption of innocence from both a practical and theoretical point of view. Throughout the book a framework for the presumption of innocence is developed.The book approaches the right to presumption of innocence from an international human rights perspective using specific examples drawn from international criminal law. The result is a framework for understanding the right that is grounded in human rights law. This framework can then be applied across different national and international systems. When applied, it can help determine when the presumption of innocence is being infringed upon, eroded, violated, and ensure that the presumption of innocence is protected. The book is an essential resource for students, academics and practitioners working in the areas of human rights, criminal law, international criminal law, and evidence. The themes also have a more general application to national jurisdictionTable of Contents1. Introduction2. The Presumption of Innocence in Context3. Who Has the Right and When Does it Become Operable?4. Who Carries the Duty to Uphold the Presumption of Innocence?5. The Procedural Aspect of the Presumption of Innocence6. The Non-Procedural Aspect of the Presumption of Innocence7. The Relationship Between the Presumption of Innocence and Pre-Determination Detention8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses six areas of policing: performance management, professional and academic partnerships, preventing and fighting crime and terrorism, immigrant and multicultural populations, policing the police, and cyber-security. The book contains the most current and ground-breaking research across the world of policing with contributors from over 20 countries. It is also a suitable reference or textbook in a special topics course. It consists of edited versions of the best papers presented at the IPES annual meeting in Budapest.Table of ContentsSection I: LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY1 Policing: Continuity and Change PETER C. KRATCOSKI2 Police Executive Leadership and Police Legitimacy VIPUL KUMAR3 On the Acceptability of Closer Public–Private Policing Partnerships: Views from the Public Side STEPHEN B. PERROTT AND KRYSTINA TRITES4 Reactive and Proactive Measures of Police Corruption Control: Comparative Study in Three Countries BRANISLAV SIMONOVIC, MAXIMILIAN EDELBACHER, AND BAKHIT NURGALIYEVSection II: ANALYSIS5 Using Complaints against the Police to Improve Community–Police Relations JANE GOODMAN-DELAHUNTY, MIRA TAITZ, CHANTAL SOWEMIMO-COKER, AND IDA NGUYEN6 Cybercrime, Cyberattacks, and Problems of Implementing Organizational Cybersecurity ANTHONY MINNAAR7 Intelligence Analysis: A Key Tool for Modern Police Management—The Romanian Perspective SORINA-MARIA COFAN AND AUREL-MIHAIL BĂLOISection III: SATISFACTION AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS8 Paradigm Shift in Hong Kong Public Order Policing WING KWONG YUNG AND SANDY CHAU9 Citizen Satisfaction with Police: The Effects of Income Level and Prior Victimization Experiences on Citizen Perceptions of Police ROBERT D. HANSER, CREEL S. GALLAGHER, AND ATTAPOL KUANLIANG10 Transformations in Policing—Two Decades of Experience in Community Policing in Slovenia BRANKO LOBNIKAR, GORAZD MEŠKO, AND MAJA MODIC11 Policing by Consent: Exploring the Possibilities of Functional Linkage between Local Police Station and Panchayat SONY KUNJAPPANThe International Police Executive Symposium Index

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Book SynopsisOffering a fascinating account of the development of women police over the past twenty years, this book refers to the author''s extended research in India to examine how the Indian experience demonstrates a valuable alternative to the Anglo-American model; not only for traditional societies but for women police in the West as well. With reference to the establishment in 1992 of all-women units in Tamil Nadu, this unique experiment proved highly successful in enhancing the confidence and professionalism of women officers and ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the police. At a time when policing is being rethought all over the world, not only in traditional societies, the Tamil Nadu practice illustrates important lessons for western countries that are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain women officers. Natarajan''s remarkable book is an important and original contribution to the literature on gendered policing, which to date has concentrated almost exclusiTrade Review'Guided by her deep respect for the daily challenges faced by women police in Tamil Nadu, Natarajan's brilliant, insightful research reaches far beyond India. This book is a must read for anyone interested in women in policing, no matter where they live or work.' Graeme R. Newman, University at Albany, New York, USA . 'Mangai Natarajan lays out a radical thesis in this important book. She argues that true gender equality in the police does not mean that men and women officers should do the same work. Instead it means that they should be assigned to duties best suited to their skills and interests, and to their lives outside the police force.' Ronald V Clarke, Rutgers University, USA 'Mangai Natarajan’s new book Women Police in a Changing Society: Back Door to Equality is a very welcome and major contribution to the field, particularly in charting the complexities of gender equity policy in policing... Her research charted an evolution in the views of women police in traditional roles towards a preference for greater integration as their experience grew and they became more confident in their ability to carry out the full range of policing duties. She therefore makes a plausible argument for a more gradual approach to the ultimate goal of gender equity in policing depending on the specific circumstances in each policing jurisdiction.' Asian Journal of CriminologyTable of ContentsPart 1 Women Police Worldwide; Chapter 1 Women Police and Societal Change; Chapter 2 Three Decades of Research on Women Police: What Has Been Learned?; Part II Women Police in a Traditional Society; Chapter 3 Women Police in India; Chapter 4 Women Police in Tamil Nadu; Part III Studies of Women Police in Tamil Nadu; Chapter 5 Tamil Nadu Women Police in the 1980s; Chapter 6 Tamil Nadu All Women Police Units'”An Assessment; Chapter 7 Women Police in the Battalions; Part IV Women Policing in a Changing Society; Chapter 8 Reconciling the Needs of the Police, Women Officers, and Tamil Nadu; Chapter 9 Prescriptions for Twenty-first Century Women Policing: Theory, Research, and Policy;

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Book SynopsisThis volume examines the contributions to International Law of individual members of the Advisory Committee of Jurists in the League of Nations, and the broader national and discursive legal traditions of which they were representative. It adopts a biographical approach that complements existing legal narratives. Pre-1914 visions of a liberal international order influenced the post-1919 world based on the rule of law in civilised nations. This volume focuses on leading legal personalities of this era. It discusses the scholarly work of the ACJ wise men, their biographical notes, and narrates their contribution as legal scholars and founding fathers of the sources of international law that culminated in their drafting of the statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, the forerunner of the International Court of Justice. The book examines visions of world law in a liberal international order through social theory and constructivism, historical examination of key developmTable of ContentsIntroduction: the ‘wise men’ of the Advisory Committee of Jurists (ACJ) and contemporary legal biography1. The legal conscience of a universal man: Rafael Altamira y Crevea (1866–1951)2. National political ideologies and international legal practices: Raul Fernandes (1877–1968)3. A civilizational pluralist and inegalitarian: Mineichiro Adachi (1869–1934)4. George Francis Hagerup (1853–1921): a Norwegian legal internationalist5. Elihu Root (1845–1937): architect and advocate of the Permanent Court of International Justice6. Forgetting Albert Geouffre de Lapradelle (1871–1955) and ignorance as remembering7. Edouard Descamps (1847–1933): from ‘negative neutrality’ to ‘positive pacigerate’8. The judicial-churchman for peace: Walter George Frank Phillimore (1845–1929)9. ‘Where is your tribunal?’ Bernard Loder (1849–1935) and the quest for international justice10. The Italian jurist and diplomat at the Advisory Committee of Jurists: Arturo Ricci Busatti (1868–1923)

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive analysis of the Italian experience of transitional justice examining how the crimes of Fascism and World War II have been dealt with from a comparative perspective.Applying an interdisciplinary and comparative methodology, the book offers a detailed reconstruction of the prosecution of the crimes of Fascism and the Italian Social Republic as well as crimes committed by Nazi soldiers against Italian civilians and those of the Italian army against foreign populations. It also explores the legal qualification and prosecution of the actions of the Resistance. Particular focus is given to the Togliatti amnesty, the major turning point, through comparisons to the wider European post-WWII transitional scenario and other relevant transitional amnesties, allowing consideration of the intense debate on the legitimacy of amnesties under international law. The book evaluates the Italian experience and provides an ideal framework to assess the comTable of Contents1. Historical, legal and judicial context of the transition 2. The Togliatti amnesty 3. The Togliatti amnesty within the framework of transitional justice 4. The Italian experience within the framework of transitional justice 5. The legacy of the Italian transitional justice

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the relevance of utopia in relation to contemporary criminology. The range of contributors explore the application of a utopian method for uncovering the potential within criminology and criminal justice, as well as the relevance of the utopian impulse for developing a challenge to the status quo in academia and beyond.Trade Review"Crime, Critique, and Utopia offers a humanistic utopianism that pushes readers bravely to envision a different future through utopian blueprints, social movements, messianic hope, and the search for radical alternatives. Utopian imagination and praxis are gravely needed in an era of mass incarceration, systemic police violence and militarization, and rapidly increasing inequality. Criminologists should heed this book's highly relevant call to resist positivism, overspecialization, and submission, and Critical Theorists should heed the contribution that critical criminology makes to projects with emancipatory intent and to an interdisciplinary unification of theory and practice." - Joan Braune, Marx & Philosophy Review of BooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1. Utopia and Its Discontents; Margaret Malloch and Bill Munro 2. Crime, Critique and Utopian Alternatives; Margaret Malloch 3. Utopia and Penal Constraint: The Frankfurt School and Critical Criminology; Bill Munro 4. Erich Fromm: From Messianic Utopia to Critical Criminology; Michael Lowy 5. Crime and Punishment In Classical and Libertarian Utopias; Vincenzo Ruggiero 6. Visualising an abolitionist real utopia: principles, policy and praxis; David Scott 7. Towards a Utopian Criminology; Lynne Copson 8. Using the Future to Predict the Past: Prison Population Projections and the Colonisation of Penal Imagination; Sarah Armstrong 9. Techno-Utopianism, Science Fiction and Penal Innovation: the case of Electronically Monitored Control; Mike Nellis 10. From Penal Dystopia to the Reassertion of Social Rights; Loïc Wacquant

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Book SynopsisCriminology lost a world leader with the untimely death of Richard Ericson in 2007. Ericson was one of the most prolific, influential and widely cited criminologists of his generation, producing monumental and pathbreaking works on how the criminal justice system and other key institutions attempt to control crime, manage risk and produce security. This volume, edited by three of Professor Ericson''s colleagues and co-authors, presents a sampling of Ericson''s acclaimed work on such topics as juvenile justice, policing, the courts, the media, the insurance industry, and national security. The book is required reading for scholars interested in understanding the dynamics of crime, risk and security and for those eager to learn more about one of the field''s most important and innovative researchers and scholars.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Being free; Social distance and reaction to criminality; The occupational environment of detective work; Dealing with victim-complainants; Order out of court II: the position of the accused and the plea decision (with Patricia M. Baranek); Patrolling the facts: secrecy and publicity in police work; Media and markets (with Patricia M. Baranek and Janet B.L. Chan); How journalists visualize fact; The moral hazards of neo-liberalism: lessons from the private insurance industry (with Dean Barry and Aaron Doyle); The policing of risk (with Kevin D. Haggerty); Uncertainties of earthquakes: absorbing risk, mitigation, and infrastructure (with Aaron Doyle); National security; Name Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a history of crime and the criminal justice system in America, written particularly for students of criminal justice and those interested in the history of crime and punishment. It follows the evolution of the criminal justice system chronologically and, when necessary, offers parallels between related criminal justice issues in different historical eras. From its antecedents in England to revolutionary times, to the American Civil War, right through the twentieth century to the age of terrorism, this book combines a wealth of resources with keen historical judgement to offer a fascinating account of the development of criminal justice in America. A new chapter brings the story up to date, looking at criminal justice through the Obama era and the early days of the Trump administration.Each chapter is broken down into four crucial components related to the American criminal justice system from the historical perspective: lawmakers and the judiciary; law enforcTable of ContentsPreface, 1. From Customs to Codes: Crime and Criminal Justice in the Ancient World, 2. Crime and Criminal Justice: English Antecedents, 3. Crime and Criminal Justice in Early America (1597–1740), 4. Crime and Criminal Justice in Revolutionary Times (1740–1797), 5. Crime and Criminal Justice in the New Nation (1797–1834), 6. Crime and Criminal Justice in Antebellum America (1835–1857), 7. Crime and Criminal Justice in The Civil War Era (1856–1875), 8. Crime and Criminal Justice in Victorian America (1876–1901), 9. Crime and Criminal Justice in the Progressive Era (1900–1919), 10. Criminal Justice in the Crisis Decades (1920–1940), 11. Crime and Criminal Justice at Midcentury (1940–1959), 12. Crime and the Nationalization of Criminal Justice (1960–1979), 13. Crime and Criminal Justice at the End of the Twentieth Century (1980–1999), 14. Crime and Criminal Justice in the Age of Terrorism (2000–2010), 15. Crime and Criminal Justice in Contemporary America (2011-2018), Conclusion, Glossary, Who’s Who in Criminal Justice History, Appendices

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Book SynopsisWell-selected and authoritative, Palgrave Core Statutes provide the key materials needed by students in a format that is clear, compact and very easy to use. They are ideal for use in exams.

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Professor Charles Wild (PhD, MBA, LLM) is Dean of the School of Law and Head of the Centre for International Law at the University of Hertfordshire. He teaches Company Law to LLB and LLM students, undertakes postgraduate research supervision and is widely published in the area.   Stuart Weinstein (JD, MBA) is Associate Dean (Research & Commercial Enterprise) of the Law School at the University of Hertfordshire and is also a practising solicitor/attorney with over twenty years' practice experience in the US, UK and Korea. He regularly teaches accountants and non-lawyers in the UK and on overseas programmes throughout the world.

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Book SynopsisA magisterial comparative study, Proud to Punish recenters our understanding of modern punishment through a sweeping analysis of the global phenomenon of "rough justice": the use of force to settle accounts and enforce legal and moral norms outside the formal framework of the law. While taking many forms, including vigilantism, lynch mobs, people's courts, and death squads, all seekers of rough justice thrive on the deliberate blurring of lines between law enforcers and troublemakers. Digital networks have provided a profitable arena for vigilantes, who use social media to build a following and publicize their work, as they debase the bodies of the accused for purposes of edification and entertainment. It is this unabashed pride to punish, and the new punitive celebrations that actualize, publicize, and commercialize it, that this book brings into focus. Recounted in lively prose, Proud to Punish is both a global map of rough justice today and an insight into the deeper nature of punishment as a social and political phenomenon.Trade Review"Proud to Punish offers a brilliant, compelling analysis of contemporary vigilantism and the politics of extrajudicial punishment. The authors offer innovative insights into crimefighting discourses, retributive violence, its public reception, and responses from law enforcement authorities; and vividly illustrate how these factors become implicated in local and global vigilante configurations."—Atreyee Sen, co-editor of Global Vigilantes: Perspectives on Violence and Justice"Gilles Favarel-Garrigues and Laurent Gayer lead us on a visceral journey across the globe to understand contemporary vigilantism. With a rare blend of theoretical sophistication and empirical grounding, Proud to Punish asks us to confront the fact that vigilantism is neither a relic of the past, nor a product of failed states, but rather a broadly embraced force of the present."—Harel Shapira, The University of Texas at Austin"Proud to Punish is a must-read for all interested in global vigilantism and lynching. Admirably capacious in ranging across space and time, the book offers significant insights on the rough justice impulse in a wide variety of contemporary and historical contexts."—Michael J. Pfeifer, author of The Roots of Rough Justice: Origins of American Lynching

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Book SynopsisPolicing Humanitarianism examines the ways in which European Union policies aimed at countering the phenomenon of migrant smuggling affects civil society actors’ activities in the provision of humanitarian assistance, access to rights for irregular immigrants and asylum seekers. It explores the effects of EU policies, laws and agencies’ operations in anti-migrant smuggling actions and their implementation in the following EU Member States: Italy, Greece, Hungary and the UK.The book critically studies policies designed and implemented since 2015, during the so called ‘European refugee humanitarian crisis’. Building upon the existing academic literature covering the ‘criminalisation of migration ’ in the EU, the book examines the wider set of punitive, coercive or control-oriented dynamics affecting Civil Society Actors’ work and activities through the lens of the notion of ‘ policing the mobility society’. This concept seeks to provide a framework of analysis that allows for an examination of a wider set of practices, mechanisms and tools driven by a logic of policing in the context of the EU Schengen border framework: those which affect not only people, who move (qualified as third-country nationals for the purposes of EU law), but also people who mobilise in a rights-claiming capacity on behalf of and with immigrants and asylum-seekers.Trade ReviewPolicing Humanitarianism offers solid empirical data and a comprehensive conceptualisation of policing the mobile society, including the movements of citizens and civil society actors, while considering the wider impact of the EU anti-migrant smuggling policies on civil society. -- Müge Dalkiran * Border Criminologies *Table of Contents1. Introduction PART I COUNTERING MIGRANT-SMUGGLING: EU POLICIES AND ACTORS 2. Countering Migrant-Smuggling: The EU’s Policy Approach I. The EU Facilitators Package in Light of UN Standards II. Assessing Impact of the EU’s Facilitators Package on Civil Society Actors 3. The Role of EU Agencies in Countering Migrant-Smuggling I. Europol II. Eurojust III. Frontex IV. Role of EASO in Hotspots V. Role of EU-led Military Operations – EUNAVFOR MED Sophia in Central Mediterranean VI. A Multi-Agency Approach to Countering Migrant-Smuggling PART II THE IMPACTS OF ANTI-MIGRANTSMUGGLING POLICIES ON CIVIL SOCIETY 4. Anti-Smuggling in National Law and Perceptions among Civil Society Actors I. Italy II. Greece III. Hungary IV. UK 5. Effects of Countering Facilitation of Entry on Civil Society Actors Involved at External EU Sea and Land Borders I. Sea Borders and Search and Rescue II. Land Borders and Humanitarian Assistance 6. Humanitarian Assistance in the Context of the EU Hotspots Approach I. Italy: Hotspots in Southern Sicily II. Greece: Hotspot in Lesvos Island 7. The Effects of Countering Facilitation of Residence: Access to Services and Rights I. Italy: Cases of Rome and Ventimiglia II. Greece: Case of Athens and Thessaloniki III. Hungary: Budapest and Szeged IV. The UK: ‘Hostile Environment’ in London PART III CONCEPTUALISING THE EFFECTS OF EU ANTI-MIGRANT-SMUGGLING POLICIES ON CIVIL SOCIETY 8. The Three Faces of Policing the Mobility Society in the EU 9. Conclusions I. Impacts on Civil Society Actors II. Impact on Society as a Whole: Liberal Democracy, Refugees and the Crisis of Exclusion

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