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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Book SynopsisIn recent decades, life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) has developed into a distinctive penal form in the United States, one firmly entrenched in US policy-making, judicial and prosecutorial decision-making, correctional practice, and public discourse. LWOP is now a routine practice, but how it came to be so remains in question. Fifty years ago, imprisonment of a person until death was an extraordinary punishment; today, it accounts for the sentences of an increasing number of prisoners in the United States. What explains the shifts in penal practice and social imagination by which we have become accustomed to imprisoning people until death without any reevaluation or expectation of release? Combining a wide historical lens with detailed state- and institutional-level research, Death by Prison offers a provocative new foundation for questioning this deeply problematic practice that has escaped close scrutiny for too long.Trade Review"Seeds does a masterful job of busting the myth of how [life without parole] replaced the death penalty." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Christopher Seeds’ Death by Prison is a comprehensive and compelling origin story of a sentence that is a crime against human decency. . . . This book is essential reading for all students of crime and punishment." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Part I Foundations 1. Perpetual Penal Confinement 2. Precursor and Prototype 3. The Phenomenon to Be Explained Part II Eruptions 4. The Complex Role of Death Penalty Abolition 5. The Collapse of a Penal Paradigm 6. Governors and Prisoners Part III Adaptation and Solidification 7. The US Supreme Court’s Ambivalent Crafting of LWOP 8. Abolition and the Alternative 9. Life Prisoners, Lifetime Prisons Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent decades, life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) has developed into a distinctive penal form in the United States, one firmly entrenched in US policy-making, judicial and prosecutorial decision-making, correctional practice, and public discourse. LWOP is now a routine practice, but how it came to be so remains in question. Fifty years ago, imprisonment of a person until death was an extraordinary punishment; today, it accounts for the sentences of an increasing number of prisoners in the United States. What explains the shifts in penal practice and social imagination by which we have become accustomed to imprisoning people until death without any reevaluation or expectation of release? Combining a wide historical lens with detailed state- and institutional-level research, Death by Prison offers a provocative new foundation for questioning this deeply problematic practice that has escaped close scrutiny for too long.Trade Review"Seeds does a masterful job of busting the myth of how [life without parole] replaced the death penalty." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Christopher Seeds’ Death by Prison is a comprehensive and compelling origin story of a sentence that is a crime against human decency. . . . This book is essential reading for all students of crime and punishment." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Part I Foundations 1. Perpetual Penal Confinement 2. Precursor and Prototype 3. The Phenomenon to Be Explained Part II Eruptions 4. The Complex Role of Death Penalty Abolition 5. The Collapse of a Penal Paradigm 6. Governors and Prisoners Part III Adaptation and Solidification 7. The US Supreme Court’s Ambivalent Crafting of LWOP 8. Abolition and the Alternative 9. Life Prisoners, Lifetime Prisons Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPolice Visibility presents empirically grounded research into how police officers experience and manage the information politics of surveillance and visibility generated by the introduction of body cameras into their daily routines and the increasingly common experience of being recorded by civilian bystanders. Newell elucidates how these activities intersect with privacy, free speech, and access to information law and argues that rather than being emancipatory systems of police oversight, body-worn cameras are an evolution in police image work and state surveillance expansion. Throughout the book, he catalogs how surveillance generates information, the control of which creates and facilitates power and potentially fuels state domination. The antidote, he argues, is robust information law and policy that puts the power to monitor and regulate the police squarely in the hands of citizens. Trade Review"Newell’s informed recommendations move the policy conversation in a productive direction. They serve as an important bulwark against the ‘surveil now, ask questions later’ ethos undergirding much of the body camera policies currently in place." * Jotwell *"An exemplary case of an ethnography of a particularly difficult to reach group." * Surveillance & Society *"Bryce Newell has produced a well-researched study. . . .for those researching and writing on the efficacy and potential pitfalls of police [body-worn cameras]s, Newell’s necessary and impressive work should be your starting point." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note about Prior Publications Introduction 1 Visibility, Surveillance, and the Police 2 Privacy, Speech, and Access to Information 3 Bystander Video and "the Right to Record" 4 Policing as (Monitored) Performance 5 The (Techno-)Regulation of Police Work 6 Public Disclosure as "Direct to YouTube" Alternative Conclusion Methodological Note Appendix A. Tables Appendix B. Figures Notes Bibliography Index

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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 eras of state violence, Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power presents a comprehensive framework for how to begin intensive individual and institutional reparations. The extent of mass incarceration's racialized harms, estimated here with new rigor and scope, points to the urgency of this work and the possibilities that lie beyond it. Trade 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 SynopsisThis is a guide to the pervasiveness and intricacies of law and an invitation for those interested in its mechanics, purposes and functions. It is a thorough guide to a mysterious and complex institution and profession.Trade Review"A delightful book - one can open it at almost any page and be drawn in. It is no small compliment to say that it would be an excellent appealing appetiser for uncommited 6th formers and pre-law students.... all three years of undergraduates would get benefit from reading it." V Tunkel, Queen Mary College, LondonTable of Contents1. The Pervasiveness of Law. 2. Legal Ideals and Sordid Realities. 3. Legal Systems and Legal Traditions. 4. The Divisions of the Law. 5. The Sources of Law. 6. Lawyers. 7. The Academic Study of Law. 8. The Future of the Law. 9. Where Next?

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Book SynopsisLanguage Crimes tells the story of some of the remarkable criminal court cases in which Roger Shuy has served as a consultant or expert witness. These intriguing cases show how linguistic analysis can help the courts unravel the ambiguities of taped conversations used in evidence.Trade Review"Roger Shuy's book explores some of the most fascinating trials in recent times. His use of linguistic analysis in hearings that involve crimes of language is stunningly creative and makes for gripping reading." Elizabeth Loftus, University of Washington "Dr Roger Shuy's Language Crimes is an important book. Through the use of materials taken from a series of actual criminal prosecutions, Shuy amply shows the value of sophisticated linguistics analysis for the proper interpretations of oral conversations recorded on electronic tape. Shuy's book, too, is easily read by those without a technical background in linguistics, as he keeps his use of professional jargon to the minimum. As such, Language Crimes should be read - and studied - by all those involved in investigating, prosecuting, defending, and judging in the administration of justice." G. Robert Blakey, The Notre Dame Law School Language Crimes is a clear and lively exposition of one linguist's important work in bringing the knowledge and skills developed by linguistics into the courtroom, where (as he demonstrates) they are badly needed."Robin Lakoff, University of California, Berkeley "An excellent work for the student, the lawyer, and the lingust who may not have explored this field at all. The field of Language and Law can truly be seen as having come of age when so prominent a scholar as Roger Shuy has brought forth so readable a volume." American Speech "A valualbe addition to the understanding of both linguists and lawyers of the contributions the work of the former can make to that of the latter."Book Reviews "Clear and readable book" Language in SocietyTable of ContentsForeword vi Introduction: New Directions xv 1. Misconceptions about Language in Law Cases 1 2. Bribery 20 3. Offering Bribes 43 4. Agreeing 66 5. Threatening 97 6. Admitting 118 7. Telling the Truth Versus Perjury 136 8. Promising 157 9. Asking Questions 174 10. On Testifying 200 Index 206

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Book SynopsisA CounterPunch Best Book of the YearA Lone Star Policy Institute Recommended BookIf you care, as I do, about disrupting the perverse politics of criminal justice, there is no better place to start than Prisoners of Politics.James Forman, Jr., author of Locking Up Our OwnThe United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. The social consequences of this factrecycling people who commit crimes through an overwhelmed system and creating a growing class of permanently criminalized citizensare devastating. A leading criminal justice reformer who has successfully rewritten sentencing guidelines, Rachel Barkow argues that we would be safer, and have fewer people in prison, if we relied more on expertise and evidence and worried less about being tough on crime. A groundbreaking work that is transforming our national conversation on crime and punishment, Prisoners of Politics shows how problematic it is to base criminal justice policy on the whims of the electorate and argues fTrade Review[An] important new book. -- James Forman, Jr. * New York Times *Barkow’s analysis suggests that it is not enough to slash police budgets if we want to ensure lasting reform. We also need to find ways to insulate the process from political winds. She urges that we entrust more criminal justice policy to experts, who overwhelmingly agree that the system is too harsh and too bloated. We don’t leave the regulation of air pollution or workplace conditions to a popular vote, she argues, so why should we do so with respect to public safety? -- David Cole * New York Review of Books *Making criminal law more reasonable is a stiff challenge in this era of fear-mongering politics. The challenge is even stiffer with the fear-mongering tied to fact-mocking. The spotlight Barkow shines on the facts and their implications will surely stir denial, but if the country does not meet the challenge, all of us will be less safe. -- Lincoln Caplan * American Scholar *Excellent analysis… Barkow argues for a multifaceted approach to reform… Readers interested in criminal justice reform will find much to appreciate here. * Publishers Weekly *[A] crisply written, thorough book…Barkow paints a damning picture…laying out the voluminous evidence that mass incarceration is cruel and self-defeating…[She] convincingly shows that it has not made the American public safer. -- Seth Mayer * Public Books *It is impossible to think about America’s harsh punishment epidemic without understanding the politics of fear and anger that created mass incarceration. Rachel Barkow’s new work is a critically important exploration of the political dynamics that have made us one of the most punitive societies in human history. A must-read by one of our most thoughtful scholars of crime and punishment. -- Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy and founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice InitiativeRachel Barkow powerfully argues that the only way to end mass incarceration is to transform how criminal law is made. Instead of fear-driven anecdotes and popular politics, we need law based on reliable data, expert agencies, constrained prosecutors, and judges who were once public defenders. If you care, as I do, about disrupting the perverse politics of criminal justice, there is no better place to start than Prisoners of Politics. -- James Forman, Jr., Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Locking Up Our OwnRachel Barkow provides a damning catalog of how penal populism has managed to make our criminal justice system too bloated, too expensive, and too cruel, while also failing to keep us safe. More importantly, she provides a road map to a saner and more humane system—a system built on facts, not on rhetoric and fear. The more people that read this book, the better. -- David Alan Sklansky, author of Democracy and the PoliceRachel Barkow is one of the country’s smartest thinkers on criminal justice. In her new book, she makes a cogent and provocative argument about how to achieve true institutional reform and fix our broken system. -- Emily Bazelon, author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass IncarcerationPopulist policymaking in an era of partisan politics and media frenzy is irrational and destructive—and never more so than in the realm of criminal justice. In her tremendously timely and important intervention, Barkow, a renowned expert in sentencing policy, calls for a major shift from populism to expertise, from emotion-based to evidence-based criminal justice policy. -- Carol S. Steiker, coauthor of Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital PunishmentPrisoners of Politics is an urgent appeal for a new and more regulatory approach to criminal justice policymaking. In a passionately argued book, Rachel Barkow documents the costly irrationalities that flow from populist policies, explains the skewed incentive structure that underlies them, and makes a compelling case for institutional reforms designed to ensure rational, cost-effective policy, robust constitutional checks, and a justice system oriented towards equitable public safety rather than mass incarceration. These are vital ideas, well established in other areas of modern governance, with a powerful relevance for criminal justice today. -- David Garland, author of Peculiar Institution: America’s Death Penalty in an Age of AbolitionAn invaluable resource for those studying or addressing mass incarceration and/or wrongful convictions. * Choice *[An] extremely efficient guide to our current problems…[A] rich but pointed survey of the maladies in our criminal justice system. -- Jonathan Simon * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *

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Book SynopsisRefusing to eradicate the death penalty, the U.S. has attempted to reform and rationalize capital punishment through federal constitutional law. While execution chambers remain active in several states, Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker argue that the fate of the American death penalty is likely to be sealed by this failed judicial experiment.Trade ReviewThis is the most important book about the death penalty for a generation and, likely, ever. Anyone who cares about the state of justice in America should read this book. -- Lincoln Caplan, journalist and Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law SchoolCourting Death is a brilliant and insightful book with a powerful thesis, namely that the death penalty in the United States has been unwittingly regulated to death. It is the most forceful and significant intervention I have read on the question of capital punishment to date, a remarkable contribution to our legal, historical, and political debates. -- Bernard E. Harcourt, author of Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital AgeCourting Death charts precisely the past and present of what has sadly become a uniquely American dilemma and, most importantly, sets out the doctrinal road map that will likely guide Supreme Court Justices in the future. Written by the most respected capital punishment scholars of the day, it is essential reading. -- Michael Meltsner, author of Cruel and Unusual: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment[The Steikers] provide a clear and comprehensive look at the 40-year modern history of capital punishment in the United States since its reinstatement in 1976…Courting Death provides an excellent survey of the history of capital punishment and the prospects of abolition…The Steikers explain technical legal issues with such clarity that their book is highly accessible to lawyer and layperson alike. -- Stephen Rohde * Los Angeles Review of Books *Carol and Jordan Steiker…are the leading contemporary scholars of the death penalty. In Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment they have brilliantly defined—in language accessible to the general reader—the massive dysfunction of the current system and the course that a future Supreme Court could take to do away with it. -- Michael Meltsner * Huffington Post *The Steikers deliver an extraordinarily well-documented, forceful and ferocious assault on state and federal administration of capital punishment since then. Courting Death is, almost certainly, the best book on this subject. -- Glenn C. Altschuler * Huffington Post *Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker (sister and brother) have written a revealing book about the history of the death penalty in the U.S. and, in particular, the continued difficulties the Supreme Court has had in attempting to regulate capital punishment so that it conforms to constitutional standards…[An] excellent book. -- Jed S. Rakoff * New York Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisAggressive policing and draconian sentencing have disproportionately imprisoned millions of African Americans for drug-related offenses. Michael Javen Fortner shows that in the 1970s these punitive policies toward addicts and pushers enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks, angry about the chaos in their own neighborhoods.Trade ReviewProvocative… As Fortner’s book makes clear, no political movement can afford to ignore the kind of cruel disorder that we euphemistically call common crime. A police force that kills black citizens is adding to America’s history of racial violence; so is a police force that fails to keep them safe. -- Kelefa Sanneh * New Yorker *Seeks to reverse the conventional wisdom about not only the Rockefeller laws themselves, but also the broader history of the war on drugs… After Black Silent Majority, historians can no longer reduce the ’60s and ’70s politics of crime to the delusional fantasies of racists or to statistical artifacts of modern police record-keeping (although those factors surely played a role as well). Fortner marshals an array of poll data showing that black city dwellers were—and not without reason—far more fearful of violence in the late 1960s than white suburbanites were. -- Sara Mayeux * Reason *This provocative history alerts a rising generation of would-be reformers—the young masses that have recently filled the streets of New York and other cities to protest after each new tragedy—to how a well-intentioned proposal can lead to something unintended and disastrous, like mass incarceration. This lesson should resound, given the political clout the criminal-justice-reform movement continues to acquire. -- Jack Dickey * Time *A fresh, bold, powerful book that shakes up a pressing contemporary debate. Fortner insists on listening to the black voices that supported the rise of our terrible incarceration policies. Through careful research, he describes a deeply conflicted community—confronting crime, groping for respectability, challenging the white gaze, and reaching for social justice. Black Silent Majority is forcefully argued, beautifully written, and profoundly moving. -- James A. Morone, author of Hellfire Nation and The Devils We KnowMeticulously researched, engagingly written, and rigorously argued, this important and long-overdue work will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the hidden complexities of African American life. Fortner illuminates the problems that the majority of working- and middle-class blacks face from criminal elements within their communities; the sometimes patronizing indifference of white and black liberals toward them, compounded by the manipulation of their concerns by conservatives; and the tragic, unintended consequences of a flawed drug and penal policy they were driven, out of despair and fury, to support. This is a major contribution to our understanding of the interaction of class, race, and public policy in America. -- Orlando Patterson, Harvard University

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Book SynopsisRobert Ferguson diagnoses all parts of a massive, out-of-control punishment regime. Turning the spotlight on the plight of prisoners, he asks the American people, Do we want our prisons to be this way? Acknowledging the suffering of prisoners and understanding what punishers do when they punish are the first steps toward a better, more just system.

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Book SynopsisContents include: Preface Abbreviations Weights and Measures Part One: Introduction Chapter I: Background Chapter II: General Prniciples of The T'ang Code Chapter III: The Text of the T'ang Code Part Two: The T'ang Code: General Principles, Chapters I-VI Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chap

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Book SynopsisNally v. Grace Community Church of the Valley was America's first case to allege ""clergy malpractice,"" one that challenged the freedom of religious leaders to counsel their parishioners. The case is as much a story of modern America as it is an account of courtroom proceedings.

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Book SynopsisCanada's criminal justice landscape has been shaped by contrary trends in recent years. As the crime rate declines, policy-makers continue to push for tough-on-crime legislation, and university criminology programs continue to expand. Given these trends, what does the future hold for criminology and criminal justice?This book presents the work of a new generation of critical criminologists who explore the geographical, institutional, and political context of the discipline in Canada. Breaking away from mainstream criminology and popular law-and-order discourses, the authors present a spectrum of theoretical approaches to criminal justice from governmentality to feminist criminology, from critical realism to anarchism and they propose novel approaches to topics such as genocide, white-collar crime, and the effect of prison sentences on families. By posing crucial questions and attempting to define what criminology should be, this book will shape debates about crime, policingTable of ContentsIntroduction: Questions for a New Generation of Criminologists / Aaron Doyle and Dawn MoorePart 1: Canadian Criminology in the Twenty-First Century1 The Dilemmas of "Doing" Criminology in Québec: Curse or Opportunity? / Benoît Dupont2 Reconciling Spectres: Promises of Criminology / Bryan R. Hogeveen3 Commodifying Canadian Criminology: Applied Criminology Programs and the Future of the Discipline / Laura HueyPart 2: Expanding the Criminological Focus4 Corporate and White-Collar Crime: Reflections on the Study of Financial Wrongdoing in the Era of Neo-Liberalism / James W. Williams5 Criminological Nightmares: A Canadian Criminology of Genocide / Andrew Woolford6 Power and Resistance in Community-Based Sentencing / Diana Young7 Stigma and Marginality: Gender Experiences of Families of Male Prisoners in Canada / Stacey HannemPart 3: Theory and Praxis8 Reimagining a Feminist Criminology / Gillian Balfour9 The Promise of Critical Realism: Toward a Post-Empiricist Criminology / George S. Rigakos and Jon Frauley10 The Right to the City on Trial / Lisa Freeman11 Anarcho-Abolition: A Challenge to Conservative and Liberal Criminology / Kevin WalbyIndex

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Book SynopsisCanada's criminal justice landscape has been shaped by contrary trends in recent years. As the crime rate declines, policy-makers continue to push for tough-on-crime legislation, and university criminology programs continue to expand. Given these trends, what does the future hold for criminology and criminal justice?This book presents the work of a new generation of critical criminologists who explore the geographical, institutional, and political context of the discipline in Canada. Breaking away from mainstream criminology and popular law-and-order discourses, the authors present a spectrum of theoretical approaches to criminal justice from governmentality to feminist criminology, from critical realism to anarchism and they propose novel approaches to topics such as genocide, white-collar crime, and the effect of prison sentences on families. By posing crucial questions and attempting to define what criminology should be, this book will shape debates about crime, policingTable of ContentsIntroduction: Questions for a New Generation of Criminologists / Aaron Doyle and Dawn MoorePart 1: Canadian Criminology in the Twenty-First Century1 The Dilemmas of "Doing" Criminology in Québec: Curse or Opportunity? / Benoît Dupont2 Reconciling Spectres: Promises of Criminology / Bryan R. Hogeveen3 Commodifying Canadian Criminology: Applied Criminology Programs and the Future of the Discipline / Laura HueyPart 2: Expanding the Criminological Focus4 Corporate and White-Collar Crime: Reflections on the Study of Financial Wrongdoing in the Era of Neo-Liberalism / James W. Williams5 Criminological Nightmares: A Canadian Criminology of Genocide / Andrew Woolford6 Power and Resistance in Community-Based Sentencing / Diana Young7 Stigma and Marginality: Gender Experiences of Families of Male Prisoners in Canada / Stacey HannemPart 3: Theory and Praxis8 Reimagining a Feminist Criminology / Gillian Balfour9 The Promise of Critical Realism: Toward a Post-Empiricist Criminology / George S. Rigakos and Jon Frauley10 The Right to the City on Trial / Lisa Freeman11 Anarcho-Abolition: A Challenge to Conservative and Liberal Criminology / Kevin WalbyIndex

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Book SynopsisDebating Hate Crime examines the language and argumentation used by parliamentarians, senators, and committee witnesses to debate Canada's hate-crime laws. These lively, and at times raucous, legislative debates and committee hearings reveal much about party politics, public policy, and social issues of the day, including citizenship, nationhood, and Canadian values. Drawing on discourse analysis, semiotics, and critical psychoanalysis, Allyson Lunny explores how the tropes, metaphors, and other linguistic signifiers used in these debates expose the particular concerns, trepidations, and anxieties of Canadian lawmakers and the expert witnesses called before their committees. In so doing, Lunny reveals and interrogates the meaning and social signification of the endorsement of, and resistance to, hate law. The result is a rich historical and analytical account of some of Canada's most passionate public debates on victimization, rightful citizenship, social threat, and moral eroTrade ReviewThis book is indeed a fascinating read and an insight into how attitudes toward the language of hate crime laws have evolved over the years. -- Daniel Perlin, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University * Canadian Law Library Review *This contribution to UBC’s "Law and Society" series analyzes parliamentary debate touching on sexual identity and gender expression at the federal level. Lunny explores ways this debate provides a forum for, and a reflection of, the struggle over social meaning in Canadian society … The work fits squarely within scholarship that sees the social meaning of, and discourse around, identity and social inclusion/exclusion as mutually constructed. It is also relevant to those who study balances between individual and group rights, federal and provincial governance, and parliamentary and charter precedence in Canadian politics today while providing a comparative study for those who have examined similar issues in US or European discourse. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- S. P. Duffy, Quinnipiac University * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Political and Affective Language of Hate1 Hate Propaganda and the Spectre of the Holocaust2 Legislating Victims of Hate3 Bill C-250: A Censoring of Religious Freedom or a Protection Against Hate?4 The Trans “Bathroom Bill”5 The Baby and the Bathwater: The Repeal of Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights ActConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisDebating Hate Crime examines the language and argumentation used by parliamentarians, senators, and committee witnesses to debate Canada's hate-crime laws. These lively, and at times raucous, legislative debates and committee hearings reveal much about party politics, public policy, and social issues of the day, including citizenship, nationhood, and Canadian values. Drawing on discourse analysis, semiotics, and critical psychoanalysis, Allyson Lunny explores how the tropes, metaphors, and other linguistic signifiers used in these debates expose the particular concerns, trepidations, and anxieties of Canadian lawmakers and the expert witnesses called before their committees. In so doing, Lunny reveals and interrogates the meaning and social signification of the endorsement of, and resistance to, hate law. The result is a rich historical and analytical account of some of Canada's most passionate public debates on victimization, rightful citizenship, social threat, and moral eroTrade ReviewThis book is indeed a fascinating read and an insight into how attitudes toward the language of hate crime laws have evolved over the years. -- Daniel Perlin, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University * Canadian Law Library Review *This contribution to UBC’s "Law and Society" series analyzes parliamentary debate touching on sexual identity and gender expression at the federal level. Lunny explores ways this debate provides a forum for, and a reflection of, the struggle over social meaning in Canadian society … The work fits squarely within scholarship that sees the social meaning of, and discourse around, identity and social inclusion/exclusion as mutually constructed. It is also relevant to those who study balances between individual and group rights, federal and provincial governance, and parliamentary and charter precedence in Canadian politics today while providing a comparative study for those who have examined similar issues in US or European discourse. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- S. P. Duffy, Quinnipiac University * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Political and Affective Language of Hate1 Hate Propaganda and the Spectre of the Holocaust2 Legislating Victims of Hate3 Bill C-250: A Censoring of Religious Freedom or a Protection Against Hate?4 The Trans “Bathroom Bill”5 The Baby and the Bathwater: The Repeal of Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights ActConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisA Disturbing and Shocking Expose-A Passionate Cry for Reform Prison Madness exposes the brutality and failure of today''s correctional system-for all prisoners-but especially the incredible conditions Andured by those suffering from serious mental disorders. A passionately argued and brilliantly written wake-up call to America about the myriad ways our penal systems brutalize our entire culture. Dr. Kupers not only diagnoses the problem, he also offers a set of solutions. I hope this book will be read by all concerned citizens and voters, for it conveys truths that are vitally important to all of us. James Gilligan, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and author of Violence: Reflections on a National EpidemicTrade Review"A passionately argued and brilliantly written wake-up call to America about the myriad ways our penal systems brutalize our entire culture. Dr. Kupers not only diagnoses the problem, he also offers a set of solutions. I hope this book will be read by all concerned citizens and voters, for it conveys truths that are vitally important to all of us." (James Gilligan, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and author of Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic) "A chilling picture of how American prisons have become among the most barbaric in the world driving petty offAnders and dangerous people alike into madness. We must consider the madness of a public policy that routinely turns nonviolent offAnders into dangerous misfits who threaten our safety when released." (Joseph D. McNamara, research fellow, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and retired police chief, San Jose, California) "Dr. Kupers reminds us that cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of inmates-particularly those who are mentally ill-violates their rights, betrays our national commitment to decency, and jeopardizes the safety of our communities. A splendid book." (Jamie Fellner, associate counsel, Human Rights Watch) "Prison Madness reveals the disturbing realities of prisons and jails as places of coerced refuge for poor and mentally disordered people. With this powerful and provocative analysis of the intersecting crises in the public mental health and prison systems, Terry Kupers shows us how to contest the racism and the criminalization of poverty that have helped to produce these dangerous dilemmas." (Angela Y. Davis, professor, University of California, Santa Cruz) " . . . Kupers had free access and unfettered contacts that few outsiders are afforded, and has credibility that few outsiders can acquire." (Hans Toch, from the Foreword) "Prison Madness--with its cogent analysis of our correctional system and the mental health crisis within it--can serve as a much-needed beacon." (Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health)Table of ContentsForeword ix Preface xv Acknowledgments xxxi Introduction 1 Part I: The Mental Health Crisis 1. The Mentally Ill Behind Bars 9 2. Why So Many Prisoners Develop Mental Disorder 39 3. The Failure of Current Mental Health Programs 65 Part II: What Goes on Behind Bars 4. Racism: A Mental Health Hazard 93 5. Special Programs for Women 113 6. Rape and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 137 7. Lack of Contact with Loved Ones 157 8. Prison Suicide 175 Part III: An Immodest Proposal 9. The Possibilities and Limits of Litigation 193 10. Recommendations for Treatment and Rehabilitation 217 11. The Folly of Law and Order 257 Endnotes 275 For Further Reading 287 About the Author 291 Index 293

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Book SynopsisEvery day decisions made by prosecutors, before trial takes place, critically affect the rights of citizens; yet these decisions remain a grey area in the administration of criminal justice. In fact, there are considerable and important differences between what the prosecutor does and what the legal literature and judicial decisions say he should do. Very little is known about the powers wielded by prosecutors and the factors which influence their exercise of discretion.This inquiry focuses on the decision-making role of the prosecutor in pre-trial determinations. Professor Grosman describes and analyses the prosecutor's informal relations with the police and defence lawyers, and the significance these relationships have for the accused and for the fair administration of justice. Other areas examined include the decision to begin prosecution, the negotiated guilty plea, and the prosecutor's administrative bias. The study concludes with recommendations for judicial and legisla

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Book SynopsisIn Due Process and Victims' Rights Kent Roach critically examines dramatic changes in criminal justice in the last two decades. He argues that increasing concern by courts about the rights of those accused of crime and by legislatures about the rights of crime victims and groups who are disproportionately subject to some crimes, such as women and children, has transformed debates about criminal justice. He examines recent cases in which due process and victims' rights have clashed and concludes that, in most instances, victims' rights claims have ultimately prevailed. He concludes that the future of criminal justice will depend on whether victims' rights continue to develop in a punitive fashion or whether they inspire increased emphasis on crime prevention and restorative justice.This is the first full-length study of the law and politics of criminal justice in the era of the Charter and victims' rights. It examines changing discourse in the courts, legislatures, and me

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Book SynopsisIn 1791 when the Constitutional Act created a legislative assembly for Upper Canada, the colonists and their British rulers decreed that the operating criminal justice system in the area be adopted from England, to avoid any undue influence from the nearby United States. In this new study of early Canadian law, David Murray has delved into the court records of the Niagara District, one of the richest sets of criminal court records surviving from Upper Canada, to analyze the criminal justice system in the district during the first half of the nineteenth century.Murray explores how far local characteristics affected the operation of a criminal justice system transplanted from England; his analysis includes how legal processes affected Upper Canadian morality, the treatment of the insane, welfare cases, crimes committed in the district, and an examination of the roles of the Niagara magistrates, constables, and juries. Murray concludes by arguing that while the principles and Trade Review'This valuable book should be in all libraries concerned with legal or Canadian history.' -- M.J. Moore Choice

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Book SynopsisFeaturing distinguished contributors from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, Canada's Trial Courts offers a comprehensive and up-to-date examination of an important but neglected issue that ultimately has a profound impact on the quality of justice that Canadians experience.

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Book SynopsisThough originally an interloper in a system of justice mediated by courtroom battles, plea bargaining now dominates American criminal justice. This book traces the evolution of plea bargaining from its beginnings in the early 19th century to its present pervasive role.Trade Review"Bold in its own right, Plea Bargaining's Triumph is both an excellent synthesis and refutation of existing scholarship, and it may contribute to law reform."—John G. Jacobsen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln"Rarely does a work of legal history speak so clearly to contemporary crisis as does George Fisher's Plea Bargaining's Triumph.—Candace McCoy, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University"Fisher's wide-ranging and innovative approach makes a major contribution to our understanding of the origins and stability of plea bargaining as a central feature of our modern criminal courts."—American Historical Review"A practice like plea bargaining is so pervasive that no one gives it a second thought. It is good to look back to its origins, and Plea Bargaining's Triumph is to be praised, and read, for doing so."—The Federal Lawyer"Fisher has produced the best account of the rise and 'triumph' of plea bargaining in the literature of American criminal justice history. He has also produced a provocative work of interdisciplinary history that merits the attention of all scholars who write about the past."—Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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Book SynopsisThis handbook explores criminal law systems from around the world, with the express aim of stimulating comparison and discussion. General principles of criminal liability receive prominent coverage in each essayincluding discussions of rationales for punishment, the role and design of criminal codes, the general structure of criminal liability, accounts of mens rea, and the rights that criminal law is designed to protectbefore the authors turn to more specific offenses like homicide, theft, sexual offenses, victimless crimes, and terrorism. This key reference covers all of the world''s major legal systemscommon, civil, Asian, and Islamic law traditionswith essays on sixteen countries on six different continents. The introduction places each country within traditional distinctions among legal systems and explores noteworthy similarities and differences among the countries covered, providing an ideal entry into the fascinating range of criminal law systems in use the worTrade Review"Until the publication of Kevin Jon Heller and Markus D Dubber's Handbook of Comparative Criminal Law there existed, in the English language, no comprehensive volume devoted to comparative criminal law proper, understood in the sense just sketched. . . I enthusiastically welcome its publication. [T]he book reads like a professional, cutting-edge compendium of many criminal systems in the world. . . For years to come, any comparative approach to the criminal law will have to involve in-depth consultation of Heller and Dubber's Handbook."—Leo Zaibert, University of Toronto Law Journal"This book is a breakthrough not only because it pays due regard to comparative criminal studies, which have been largely neglected to date, but also because it covers numerous jurisdictions and thereby moves away from the traditional Eurocentric vision of law inherent to most of the current comparative scholarship . . . Arguably, the Handbook is poised to assist in the first step towards a more balanced and comprehensive system of international criminal law."—Marina Aksenova, Journal of International Criminal Justice"This useful book gives brief introductions to criminal law in 16 countries plus the International Criminal Court. Six continents are covered, and the legal systems discussed vary widely . . . The book is a good introduction to a specialized area of law not often covered in international law courses . . . Recommended."—P. J. Kontowicz, CHOICE"The Handbook of Comparative Criminal Law should be judged as a pioneering work in its field, and one that provides something credible to be further built upon in the future. It should also be commended for generally steering clear of passing any normative judgment on the different practices of the different states (especially seeing how some chapters do not appear to be written by locals of the states in question), preferring instead to let the readers draw their own objective conclusions, based on objective characterizations."—Siyuan Chen, Asian Journal of Comparative Law"The selection of countries for this handbook really provides an overview of criminal law systems throughout the world and the book is definitely a must have! It's a real challenge to gather information about criminal law in countries like Iran or China, and such information makes this book especially valuable."—Tatjana Hoernle, Ruhr-Universität Bochum"This essential work provides a useful starting point for anyone interested in how central issues of criminal law are dealt with across a wide range of legal systems. The admirably broad coverage encompasses the laws of sixteen nations across six continents, including some only rarely, and less comprehensively, dealt with in English."—Stuart Green, Rutgers School of Law"This book offers a rare combination of panoramic geographical reach with telling national detail and so provides an invaluable tool for thinking about where societies converge and diverge on all the perennial questions, including the proper ambit of criminal law, the severity of its sanctions, and the relative importance of its central purposes. The tightly integrated chapters, by leading scholars in their respective countries, invite us to ask why countries are harmonizing their criminal law in some respects, while preserving major differences in others. We are also lead to wonder how it is that several modern societies—all avowedly 'liberal' in their self-understandings—differ so deeply in their view of what liberalism really requires of us when criminalizing serious wrong."—Mark J. Osiel, University of Iowa

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Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of the Civil War, federal officials imprisoned and indicted Jefferson Davis for treason. Although the federal government pursued the charges, the case never went to trial. This book argues that while national politics played a role in the trial's direction, the actions of lesser-known individuals resulted in the failure to convict.

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