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Book SynopsisRichard D. Hartley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Texas-San Antonio where he teaches courses on criminal courts and the administration of justice as well as research design and analysis. He holds a PhD from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Dr. Hartley's research interests focus on decision-making practices in criminal courts. He has been involved with a number of funded research projects including an analysis of decision-making across multiple stages in the federal criminal justice system and a multi-site evaluation of veterans' treatment courts. He holds professional memberships in the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the European Society of Criminology, and the Society for Empirical Legal Studies. Some of his recent research appears in Crime & Delinquency, Criminal Justice and Behavior, and CriminaTable of ContentsTable of Contents Law: The Legal Battlefield The Structure of American Courts The Prosecution The Defense Judges Juries Pretrial Procedures and the Trial Process Pretrial Procedures: Plea Bargaining Sentencing Goals and Structures Judicial Sentencing Options, Sentencing Disparities, and Appeals The Juvenile Justice System: Juvenile Rights and Case Processing Juvenile Courts: Adjudication and Disposition Diversion, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Specialty Courts Courts, Media, and the Litigation Explosion Glossary References Cases Cited Index Name Index Subject Index

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Book Synopsis.Trade ReviewThe most complete and student friendly text that I have seen. The authors have set up the book so that it flows in a way that makes sense and does not jump around. This book is perfect for undergraduates because it provides them with the knowledge that they need without being overcomplicated. * Heather Donovan, Lindenwood University *A good blend of theoretical and practical aspects of a criminal procedure text. * Robert Mongue, University of Mississippi *This is an outstanding, very readable text that brings the law to life with its unique approach. It provides a practitioner view along with sample documents and case review material which is outstanding. * Gregory Warchol, Northern Michigan University *Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Power of Criminal Procedure Chapter 2 The Many Layers and Constitutional Foundations of Criminal Procedure Chapter 3 Sources and Semantics of Criminal Procedure Chapter 4 The Administrative Beginnings of Criminal Procedure Chapter 5 Constitutional and Legal Standards for Obtaining Discovery and Other Evidence Prior to Trial Chapter 6 Pretrial Motions, Exclusionary Rule, and Plea Bargaining Chapter 7 The Fourth Amendment: Arrests and Seizures of Persons Chapter 8 The Fourth Amendment: Evidentiary Searches and Seizures Chapter 9 The Fifth Amendment: Right Against Self Incrimination Chapter 10 The Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel and Pretrial Identifications Chapter 11 The Right to a Fair Trial Chapter 12 Sentencing and Other Post-Verdict Trial Court Procedures Chapter 13 Criminal Appeals, Habeas Corpus, and other Post-Conviction Proceedings Appendix A Legal Research and Briefing Appendix B Constitution of the United States of America Glossary

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Book SynopsisUntil quite recently it was commonplace to describe the witness as the ''forgotten man'' in the criminal justice system. The last few years have seen a dramatic shift in thinking with an increasing recognition of the legitimate expectations and rights of witnesses within the criminal process. At the same time research has drawn attention to a host of factors that conspire to deny the courts access to the best evidence potentially available when so-called vulnerable and intimidated witnesses are called upon to testify in accordance with conventional adversarial trial procedures and methods.The official response so far embodies an approach best described as one of accommodation. Efforts have centred on improving the treatment of witnesses within the established trial framework while preserving an overall commitment to key tenets of adversarial theory. The latter include the principle of orality with its general insistence upon direct evidence and the use of cross-examination as a device Trade ReviewLouise Ellison has provided a much needed and ground-breaking overview of the treatment of vulnerable witnesses in the adversarial process ... her work offers a lucid and concise analysis of all relevant issues ... The introductory chapter provides a very solid, up-to-date background on the emergence of the victim on the international criminal justice agenda ... a fruitful analysis ... a well-crafted scholarly contribution to the ongoing public debate in the field, and should be of interest to practitioners, academics and students alike. * British Journal of Criminology *... Ellison has made a valuable contribution to an increasingly topical field of criminal justice policy-making and criminal procedure law. * The International Journal of Evidence & Proof *Ellison brings together an impressive body of research findings .... The Adversarial Process and the Vulnerable Witness is a valuable book which takes the debate about the treatment of vulnerable and intimidated witnesses in traditional English criminal proceedings several steps forward ... the book clearly points criminal justice scholars in the right direction when seeking alternative approaches to the difficulties faced by vulnerable and intimidated witnesses. * Modern Law Review, January 2003 *

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Book SynopsisRoberts and Zuckerman's Criminal Evidence provides a systematic and contextualised introduction to the principles of criminal evidence and trial procedure. It is designed for university courses at all levels, and for criminal practitioners seeking concise summaries of current law and a principled basis for novel legal arguments.Trade ReviewFor students studying bar or solicitors vocational courses, perhaps encountering the law of evidence for the first time, this is an exemplar of powerful academic writing. It proves on every page how exciting, rather than intimidating, turgid and technical, this area of law really is. * Laura Hoyano, Law Society Gazette *For students studying Bar or solicitors' vocational courses, perhaps encountering the law of evidence for the first time, this is an exemplar of powerful academic writing which proves on every page how exciting, rather than intimidating, turgid and technical, this area of law really is. * Laura Hoyano, Law Society Gazette *Practitioners preparing a complex case or appeal on a point of law, or who want an intellectually stimulating refresher, will enjoy it immensely. The frequent citation of empirical research into the operation of particular evidential rules provide a grounded analysis which practitioners will often recognise. For students studying bar or solicitors vocational courses, perhaps encountering the law of evidence for the first time, this is an exemplar of powerful academic writing. It proves on every page how exciting, rather than intimidating, turgid and technical, this area of law really is. * Laura Hoyano, Law Society *Table of Contents1: Principles of Criminal Evidence 2: Procedural Framework of Adversarial Jury Trial 3: Admissible Evidence 4: Fact-finding and Proof 5: Fair Trial 6: Burdens of Proof and the Presumption of Innocence 7: Witness Testimony and the Principle of Orality 8: Criminal Trial Procedure: Examination-in-chief and Cross-examination 9: Hearsay 10: Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses 11: Expert Evidence 12: Confessions 13: The Accused's Privilege Against Self-incrimination 14: The Accused's Character and Extraneous Misconduct 15: Corroboration and Forensic Reasoning Rules 16: Criminal Evidence - Retrospective and Prospects

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Book SynopsisThis book is a reprint of the chapter on Fair Trial Rights from the authors'' major practitioner text, The Law of Human Rights. Its separate publication in this form is intended to make it accessible to those who do not have their own copy of the larger work. It provides a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the law relating to fair trial rights in the UK, with detailed analysis of the wider impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 in these areas. The second edition of this work has been fully updated to provide detailed coverage of developments as the human rights legislation continues to be tested out in the courts. Systematic coverage of all the relevant European Convention case law is combined with a full survey of the common law principles and practice from the UK, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and other jurisdictions.Trade Reviewthis publication is indispensable in any law library... thorough, scholarly and authoratative * Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers *Table of ContentsPreface ; 11. Fair Trial Rights

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of this Blackstone's Guide provides the full updated Criminal Procedure Rules 2010, including amendments made in July 2010, and the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction, together with a practical explanation of the Rules.Trade Reviewa comprehensive and indispensivle guide, [providing] a full, clear analysis of the rules * Phillip Taylor MBE, Richmond Green Chambers *Table of ContentsAPPENDIX 1 - THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULES 2010 (SI 2010 NO. 60), AS AMENDED BY THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) RULES 2010 (SI 2010 NO. 1921); APPENDIX 2 - THE CONSOLIDATED CRIMINAL PRACTICE DIRECTION; APPENDIX 3 - CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF HEAVY FRAUD AND OTHER COMPLEX CRIMINAL CASES

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Book SynopsisTainted Witness examines how gender, race, and doubt stick to women witnesses as their testimony circulates in search of an adequate witness.Trade ReviewIn this moving and transformative text, Leigh Gilmore explores the different ways that women's testimonies are made incredible. With patience and care, Gilmore explores how testimonies circulate, how they keep open histories that have yet to be resolved, and how testimonies become tainted because of who as well as what they point to. This insightful book gives testimony a feminist hearing -- Sara Ahmed, author of Living a Feminist Life and Willful SubjectsTainted Witness is an important, relevant, often brilliant book. It further establishes Leigh Gilmore as one of the best critics writing today on the intersection of feminism and life narrative. -- Hillary Chute, author of Disaster Drawn: Visual Witness, Comics, and Documentary Form and Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary ComicsTainted Witness displays, once more, Leigh Gilmore's remarkable ability to hone in on the most interesting, provocative, or instructive moments in any historical situation or text, and then say memorable and highly useful things about them. -- Craig Howes, director of the Center for Biographical Research and professor of English, University of Hawai'i at ManoaRarely does an academic book address its moment so precisely as Tainted Witness.... An important and timely book. If ever we needed evidence that the work of feminism is not yet done, this is it. * Times Higher Education *Tainted Witness doesn't just look at what's broken about how we view women's testimony. It also examines how women can work toward "distributing doubt" and ultimately arrive at true justice, making this essential reading for women living under a president who publicly professed sexual assault and faced no consequences. * Rumpus *Tainted Witness is a timely and necessary defense of the women whose voices are so often drowned out or shouted down. * Washington Post *A highly original and precise account of contemporary cultural politics surrounding women's testimony that offers new perspectives on a set of important case studies and significant cultural moments. * Social and Legal Studies *A very provocative and well-grounded work that deserves considerable attention. * Choice *An important work. * Resources for Gender and Women Studies *The book’s import for the current and future field of auto/biography studies cannot be overestimated. Gilmore puts her finger on several of the most important, deeply intertwined questions about justice and about genre/form/mediation that we now face as interdisciplinary scholars of life writing and media. * Biography *Table of ContentsPreface to the Paperback EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Tainted Witness in Testimonial Networks1. Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Search for an Adequate Witness2. Jurisdictions and Testimonial Networks: Rigoberta Menchú3. Neoliberal Life Narrative: From Testimony to Self-Help4. Witness by Proxy: Girls in Humanitarian Storytelling5. Tainted Witness in Law and Literature: Nafissatou Diallo and Jamaica KincaidConclusion: Testimonial Publics—#BlackLivesMatter and Claudia Rankine's CitizenNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJulian Jackson brings to life here with his customary mastery the trial in 1945 of France's highest ranking military officer, accused of having betrayed his country. Philippe Pétain knew extremes of glory and shame in his long military career. In 1919, as the supreme commander of French armies in World War I, he rode down the Champs-Elysées at the head of a victory parade. After June 1940, with almost unlimited power and prestige, he governed France under German occupation. In 1945 he sat in a French courtroom charged with treason for his exercise of that power. In this compelling book, Julian Jackson gives the reader a seat in the jury box and then follows France's debate over Petain - hero or traitor? - over the next fifty years. -- Robert Paxton, Mellon Professor Emeritus of Social Science, Columbia UniversityThe great general of the First World War, collaborator with Germany in the Second, how is Marshal Philippe Pétain to be remembered? His trial on charges of treason divided the French in 1945 and has divided them ever since. In the hands of Julian Jackson, a superb historian with the sensibility of a novelist, this is a story not just about Pétain but about war and resistance, the moral compromises of leadership and the meaning of France itself. -- Margaret MacMillan, Emeritus Professor of International History, University of OxfordA superb book ... Jackson is that rare beast: a distinguished academic historian who writes with flair and clarity... one could almost be buried in a work of high-class fiction... 5/5 stars * Sunday Telegraph *If... cowardice, bad faith, dishonour and moral ambivalence is your thing, read on... A highly talented storyteller, Jackson certainly knows how to set the scene... What is chilling in Jackson's beautifully researched and meticulous account of the trial is the hopeless mediocrity of almost all people involved in it: from judges and jurors (résistants and parliamentarians) to lawyers prosecutors and witnesses. * Observer *Julian Jackson, the foremost historian of the period, here provides a magisterial account of this extraordinary yet also somehow squalid courtroom drama and its context. ... [A] fine, thought-provoking book. * Sunday Times *A splendid book ... The central narrative of the trial grips like a thriller ... Jackson's vivid prose is leavened by wit and sharpened by telling details ... This is a substantial achievement by a historian at the top of his game. * Literary Review *In France on Trial, his masterful account of the case, the historian Julian Jackson explains that it was not just Pétain who was being called to account, but the whole of France. * Financial Times *Painstakingly researched ... Jackson vividly reconstructs the drama. * Economist *An enthralling book ... The past is dangerous, you see. Real, hard history of this kind can reach out of the page and stick its thumb in your eye. Who needs fiction when the truth is as gripping as this? 5/5 stars. * Mail on Sunday *An essential key to understanding the country's recent past. * Spectator *A scrupulous and vivid reconstruction of the trial * Times Literary Supplement *'It is a sound approach to cover such a big canvas, one that springs to life thanks to Jackson's command of sources and exquisite use of anecdotes. ... There is a cinematic quality to the way Jackson brings us into the packed courtroom ... Listening to the testimonies, we too wrestle with terrible dilemmas' * The Critic *Professor Jackson's clear exposition of a criminal trial in the context of modern French history is an excellent illustration of a certain class of case with serious political consequences, beyond those of the accused. * Irish Legal News *I have nothing but praise for the way Jackson tells the story, with a clear elucidation of the swirling political passions, and vivid portraits of the heroes and villains, and those in between. * Tablet *Julian Jackson's France on Trial is one of those instant classic history books that are immediately recognisable as a masterpiece of scholarship. Although ostensibly about Marshal Petain's trial in the aftermath of the Second World War, Jackson weaves in all the main issues regarding French resistance versus collaboration, and the profound chiaroscuro between the extremes. I read it in Lyon, where the superb Resistance Museum records in powerful detail the crimes of Klaus Barbie and others, and it proved the perfect intellectual backdrop for the trip.Brilliantly researched and vividly narrated ... Jackson manages to engage the reader, adopting a rich literary style to communicate ... the atmosphere in and outside of the court and the personality of the characters ... Riveting. * Jewish Chronicle *[An] outstanding book ... Jackson's vivid, stylish, sometimes even cinematic reconstruction suggests this court case was about far more than one elderly man ... Jackson skilfully evokes the trial scene's atmosphere... [a] gripping and timely book. * Business Post *Highly detailed ... an impressive command of the nuances of this trial ... authoritative. -- John Reeves * LA Review of Books *This account of Philippe Petain’s 1945 trial for treason is a superb achievement, both reconstructing France’s Vichy shame and thoughtfully analysing its aftermath. * Daily Telegraph, Top 50 Books of 2023 *Perhaps the history book of the year. Jackson understands France like few others: he looks in vivid fashion at the trial of the arch-collaborator, and how the actions of a man who had embodied France’s heroism in the Great War became, 20 years later, the symbol of its shame … he subtly argues that the whole French nation, and not just its disgraced leader, was on trial. -- Simon Heffer * Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year *France on Trial stands out – a meticulously researched, attractively written account of the trial of the first world war hero turned Nazi collaborator Marshal Petain and its woeful Vichy background. Excellent on Petain’s legacy in modern right-wing French politics, Jackson adopts the requisite tone for a historian of our times, interrogating uncomfortable truths with objectivity mixed with lightness of touch. -- Andrew Lycett * Spectator, Books of the Year *This extraordinary book exposes how various sides in the Petain debate have manipulated the historical record in a desperate attempt to make the past palatable. -- Gerard DeGroot * The Times, Books of the Year *Julian Jackson’s France on Trial grapples with the life and (mis)deeds of Philippe Pétain—the French general who led the Vichy regime during the Second World War—and the country’s dark feelings of hatred and guilt after the war. * Prospect Books of the Year *

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Book SynopsisThis casebook has been completely redesigned to provide law professors and law students with a sophisticated presentation of fundamental issues in constitutional criminal procedure. Material is presented in a succinct and efficient format.

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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 SynopsisThe engrossing true-crime classic from one of Australia’s most acclaimed writers, that follows a man and his broken life, a community wracked by tragedy, and the long and torturous road to closure •This House of Grief, in its restraint and control, bears comparison with In Cold Blood.—Kate Atkinson, author of Big Sky and Shrines of GaietyOn the evening of Father’s Day, 2005, separated husband Robert Farquharson was driving his three young sons back to their mom’s house when the car veered off the road and plunged into a dam. Farquharson survived the crash, but his boys drowned. Was this a tragic accident, or an act of revenge? The court case that followed became a national obsession—a macabre parade of witnesses, family members, and the defendant himself, each forced to relive the unthinkable for an audience of millions.In This House of Grief, celebrated writer Helen Garner tells the

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Book SynopsisThe recently established International Criminal Court (ICC) has been touted as a major breakthrough in the potential control of genocide, terrorism, and war crimes. This book explores the historical origins of the court and provides and examination of the basic structure and functioning of the court. Rothe and Mullins offer a detailed critique of procedural, conceptual, and practical elements of the ICC through the lens of critical criminological theory and research and identify several problems with the design and proposed implementation of the ICC. The theoretical analysis employed shows how the Court is but a small step forward in the control of crimes by states and state leaders due to its limited scope., myopic conception of crime, jurisdictional scope, and minimal compulsory power. Certain to appeal to criminology and international studies scholars, this volume strives to outline suggestions for strengthening the court.Trade ReviewIf criminology is to have any relevance in the era of globalization, it must more directly address the vitally important issues of state crime and international social control. Dawn Rothe and Chris Mullins have made an outstanding contribution to this project with their incisive and critical analysis of the International Criminal Court. -- Ron Kramer, Western Michigan UniversityIt is a very readable and well-written introduction to the question of what international criiminal justice is after all about....The authors also provide a refreshing look into the American criminological community's soul when it comes to the attitude of the current US administration and the population in general. * International Criminal Law Review *The chapters, ideas, and information presented in them appear to logically flow from one idea to the next. The manuscript is an excellent review of the problems and opportunities presented by the International Criminal Court. The manuscript is well written, clear, and appropriately documented. The historical sections are well crafted. Instructors in the fields of international law, international organizations, and human rights will find this book particularly useful. -- Jeffrey Ian Ross, Editor of Controlling State Crime and Varieties of State Crime and Its Control editor of Controlling State Crime and VarietieTable of ContentsChapter 1 The International Criminal Court's Relevance to Criminology Chapter 2 An Integrated Theory of State Crimes Chapter 3 Developing an International Criminal Court Chapter 4 The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Chapter 5 The Contradictions of International Law Chapter 6 The Illegal War on Iraq: The "Role" of the International Criminal Court Chapter 7 Enhancing the Potential of the International Criminal Court

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Book SynopsisThe recently established International Criminal Court (ICC) has been touted as a major breakthrough in the potential control of genocide, terrorism, and war crimes. This book explores the historical origins of the court and provides and examination of the basic structure and functioning of the court. Rothe and Mullins offer a detailed critique of procedural, conceptual, and practical elements of the ICC through the lens of critical criminological theory and research and identify several problems with the design and proposed implementation of the ICC. The theoretical analysis employed shows how the Court is but a small step forward in the control of crimes by states and state leaders due to its limited scope., myopic conception of crime, jurisdictional scope, and minimal compulsory power. Certain to appeal to criminology and international studies scholars, this volume strives to outline suggestions for strengthening the court.Trade ReviewIf criminology is to have any relevance in the era of globalization, it must more directly address the vitally important issues of state crime and international social control. Dawn Rothe and Chris Mullins have made an outstanding contribution to this project with their incisive and critical analysis of the International Criminal Court. -- Ron Kramer, Western Michigan UniversityIt is a very readable and well-written introduction to the question of what international criiminal justice is after all about....The authors also provide a refreshing look into the American criminological community's soul when it comes to the attitude of the current US administration and the population in general. * International Criminal Law Review *The chapters, ideas, and information presented in them appear to logically flow from one idea to the next. The manuscript is an excellent review of the problems and opportunities presented by the International Criminal Court. The manuscript is well written, clear, and appropriately documented. The historical sections are well crafted. Instructors in the fields of international law, international organizations, and human rights will find this book particularly useful. -- Jeffrey Ian Ross, Editor of Controlling State Crime and Varieties of State Crime and Its Control editor of Controlling State Crime and VarietieTable of ContentsChapter 1 The International Criminal Court's Relevance to Criminology Chapter 2 An Integrated Theory of State Crimes Chapter 3 Developing an International Criminal Court Chapter 4 The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Chapter 5 The Contradictions of International Law Chapter 6 The Illegal War on Iraq: The "Role" of the International Criminal Court Chapter 7 Enhancing the Potential of the International Criminal Court

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Book SynopsisCharlZs outlines a fundamental methodology for crisis negotiation, as it occurs for law-enforcement officers trained in crisis intervention. When the Shooting Stopped systematically examines the process of negotiation, dissecting the conduct of meaningful discourse, use of language, and use of the collaborative team process. Using case data on a school hostage negotiation, CharlZs reveals the underlying communication processes at work in crisis negotiation. When the Shooting Stopped is a key resource for criminal justice professionals, law enforcement personnel, and family counseling psychologists alike.Trade ReviewWith broad appeal to professionals and laypersons alike, When the Shooting Stopped shows the harrowing modern reality of hostage negotiation. Charlés offers intense and fascinating insight into the internal mechanisms of an actual hostage negotiation— If truth is stranger than fiction, this work provides evidence that truth can be more exciting! -- Frederick J. Lanceley, F.B.I. (ret), director of Crisis Negotiation Associates in Canton, Georgia and author of On-Scene Guide for Crisis NegotiatorsWhen the Shooting Stopped is a thoroughly researched and uniquely perceptive examination of a real life-and-death negotiation. Charlés' work is an engaging must read for anyone interested in the human drama of crisis negotiation. -- Gary W. Noesner, chief, FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit (ret)When the Shooting Stopped is of a growing field of scholarly research on crisis and hostage negotiation. Charlés' case study of the language of negotiation builds upon nearly three decades of discourse and analytic research. Her work provides fellow researchers and negotiators with an in-depth analysis of negotiation in action as critiqued from extant crisis negotiation guidelines and from which practical insights can be gleaned. -- Randall G. Rogan, associate professor of communication at Wake Forest University and co-editor of Dynamic Processes of Crisis NegotiationTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: A Systemic View of Crisis Negotiation Chapter 2 Origins in the Field, Police Standoffs in the 1970s, First Hostage Negotiation Unit, Hostage Negotiation as a Professional Responsibility Chapter 3 Necessary Requirements of Effective Crisis Negotiation Reconceptualizing, Who Makes an Ideal Crisis Negotiator, Rethinking the Relationship with the Hostage Taker, Utilizing Psychological Theory, Creating a Climate for Conversation, Approaching the Conver Chapter 4 Categorizing Hostage Takers according to Individual Characteristics, Appreciating the Limits of Categories, Considering the Contextual Circumstances of an Incident, Valuing Communication Skills, Using Active Listening with Hostage Takers Chapter 5 Elements of a Typical Crisis Negotiation Incident, First Response at the Scene, Making Contact, Coordination the Negotiation Team, SWAT involvement, Mental Health Consultation, Third Party Intermediaries, Dynamic Inactivity, The Stockholm Syndrome, Discus Chapter 6 Research on Crisis Negotiation, The Potential for Paradox, Studying Aspects of "Face", Uncovering Emotion and Affect, Exploring the Developing Relationship, Discourse Analysis of a Successful Crisis Negotiation, Combining Methods (Discourse Analysis, Ethn

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Book SynopsisIn the second edition of Murder as a Business Decision, a new chapter is added that covers aspects of additional real world planned homicide investigations. The new material covers investigations related to FBI undercover operations Strawman in Kansas City.Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Illustrations Chapter 2 List of Tables Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 An Introduction to Economics and Criminal Behavior: Consumer Choice Theory; The Utility Maximizing Consumer: Total and Marginal Utility; Utility Ranking; Elasticities; Producer Choice Theory; Similarities in Consumption and Production; A Sh Chapter 5 Murder as a Business Decision: Theoretical Aspects: The Appropriate Level of Information; The SEU Model of Murder as a Business Decision; The Effect of Perfect Information; Murder Consequences as Events; A Less Complex Model: Inexperienced Off Chapter 6 Endnotes Chapter 7 Bibliography Chapter 8 Index

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Book SynopsisCapital punishment attracts strong and opposing moral positions: execution by the state under any condition is wrong versus execution as just retribution for heinous killing. In this book, the author rejects these moral arguments as a basis for determining the social value of the death penalty and considers the issue scientifically by determining whether capital punishment deters willful killing. Using evidence from legal history, the impairment / abolishment of the death penalty between 1968 and 1976 and the right of states to adopt or abolish the death penalty, this book examines the statistical relationship between the death penalty and deterrence. The investigation considers the murder rate during periods with and without the threat of capital punishment, the role of state commitment to its own capital punishment system, and fairness in administering the death penalty.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Acknowledgment Chapter 2 Preface Part 3 Section I: Does the Death Penalty Deter Willful Killing?: Chapter 1. The Interminable Debate Regarding the Death Penalty; Chapter 2. The 45-Year Study of the Death Penalty and Deterrence; Chapter 3. Conceptual Lacunas in the Deterrence Evidence Part 4 Section II. Can the Death Penalty be Fairly Implemented?: Chapter 4. Fair Practice in Adjucating the Death Penalty: The Issue of Race; Chapter 5. Fair Practice in Adjucating the Death Penalty: The Issue of Gender; Chapter 6. Fair Practice in Adjucat Part 5 Section III. Putting it All Together: Chapter 8. A Verdict on the Death Penalty as a Deterrent to Murder; Chapter 9. Fairness in Adjucating the Death Penalty

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Book SynopsisThese studies recover the historical roots of thinking that are in conflict with, and critical of, present-day tendencies. Criminological theory over the last few decades has oscillated between extremes: on one side there are calls for increasing the state exercise of punitive power as the only means of providing security, in the face of both urban and international rime; while the other side highlights the need for reducing the exercise of punitive power because of the paradoxical effects that it produces. Useful for academics, practitioners, professionals and students, this book will certainly contribute to a wider awareness in crime prevention and criminal justice.Trade ReviewThis collection of essays by two South American professors of criminal law is fairly described as 'truly monumental'—essential reading for those interested in the relationships between the intersecting developments of criminology and criminal policy. Collectively, they identify the many worrying features of the current situation from a human rights and civil liberties focus. Politically, their perspective is best described as 'progressive liberal.' The pieces by Argentine Zaffaroni (emer., Univ. of Buenos Aires) are more theoretical, while those of Brazilian Oliveira (Univ. of Amazonia, Brazil) are more practical policy oriented. Both authors show an extreme awareness of pan-historical and geographical trends and divergences. Zaffaroni is especially impressive in his exposition of the dangers implied by the explosion of technology. All his essays are contentious and make fascinating and fruitful reading. For example, he reminds readers of the 'inclusive' and 'exclusive' consequences of 'seeking enemies' and explains how the profusion of 'enemy' and 'war' discourse cripples traditional legal restraints on states. Advocates for visible and accountable laws become a 'hindrance' and, on occasion, 'traitors' (e.g., the cases of Assange, Manning, and Snowden). As a result, the formal search for and punishment of 'enemies' 'justifies' the informal supervisory control of everyone. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and professional criminal lawyers. * CHOICE *…A truly monumental work on…written by the two giants in the field. Zaffaroni and Oliveira examine an extraordinary range of crimes, policies, theories, and empirical facts in a broad historical perspective, which is at the same time looking toward the future. -- Setsuo Miyazawa, Aoyama Gakuin University Law School, chair, Local Arrangement Committee, 16th World Congress of the ISC, Ph.D., S.J.D.Table of ContentsPreface. History, Science, and Politics: Criminology’s Foundations and Challenges – Emilio C. Viano Introduction Chapter 1. Seeking the Enemy: From Satan to Cool Criminal Law – Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Chapter 2. Criminology and Psychiatry: The Trauma of the First Meeting – Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Chapter 3. Criminal Law and Social Protest – Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Chapter 4. Organized Crime: A Frustrated Category – Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Chapter 5. Is a Non-Authoritarian Enemy Criminal Law Possible? – Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Chapter 6. Girardin: Abolitionism between the Second Empire and the Third French Republic – Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Chapter 7. Globalization and the Current Orientations in Criminal Policy – Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Chapter 8. The “Dangerous Classes”: The Failure of a Pre-Positivist Police Discourse – Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Chapter 9. The Legitimation of Penal Control over the “Strangers” – Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Chapter 10. The Path of Criminology – Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Chapter 11. Can Criminal Law Really Contribute to the Prevention of Crimes Against Humanity? – Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Chapter 12. Crime and Heredity – Edmundo Oliveira Chapter 13. The Delinquent by Tendency – Edmundo Oliveira Chapter 14. Importance and Usefulness of the Criminological Exam – Edmundo Oliveira Chapter 15. The Scientific Character of Criminology – Edmundo Oliveira Chapter 16. Criminology and Criminal Policy – Edmundo Oliveira Chapter 17. Prison: Past, Present and Future – Edmundo Oliveira Chapter 18. Justification for Punishment in Judicial Organization – Edmundo Oliveira Chapter 19. Penitentiary Consensualism – Edmundo Oliveira Chapter 20. Prison and Human Rights – Edmundo Oliveira Chapter 21. Technological Progress and Penal Reform – Edmundo Oliveira Chapter 22. Globalization, Cyberspace and Organized Crime on the Internet – Edmundo Oliveira Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America, particularly from the beginning of the 1970s.Trade ReviewThis is the first up-to-date book to provide an overview and discussions of the shaping of federal, state, and local criminal justice policies throughout American society . . . This excellent book increased my knowledge of the social, political, psychological, and economic context of criminal justice policies. I highly recommend this book to criminal justice students and practitioners, legislators, lobbyists, advocates, librarians, and educators. -- Albert R. Roberts, professor of criminal justice, School of Arts and Sciences, RutgersCrime Policy in America is a detailed and insightful analysis of the America’s criminal justice system. Dr. Shahidullah provides an exceptional historical review of the America’s criminal justice system and moves the reader to contemporary issues within the appropriate cultural and social contexts. -- James F. Hodgson, vice-president, Virginia Association of Criminal Justice EducatorsDr. Shahidullah provides a detailed and extensive review of the federalization of crime and justice policy in the United States . . . Carefully documenting a myriad of laws and legislation, as well as key Supreme Court decisions, Dr. Shahidullah illustrates the expansive growth of the federal and state crime legislation and the subsequent growth of affiliated agencies, institutions, and programs. Clearly organized, the comprehensive reference is adaptable for classroom instruction, and will also serve the interests of policy-makers, scholars and librarians. -- Judith A. Rider, professor of criminal justice, St. John’s University, editor of Criminal Justice AbstractTable of Contents Foreword Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Crime Policy: Meaning, Nature, Actors, and Contexts Chapter 2: Federalization of Crime and Justice Policy: History, Trends, and Processes Chapter 3: The War on Drugs: Evolution of the Policy of Criminalization Chapter 4: Policy-Making in Juvenile Justice: Growth, Change, and Continuity Chapter 5: Sex Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments Chapter 6: Cyber Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments Chapter 7: Crime and Justice Policy in America in the 21st Century: The Emerging Trends References

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America, particularly from the beginning of the 1970s. This book examines the nature of presidential policy-making in crime and justice from Nixon to Obama, congressional policy-making since the birth of the Bill of Rights, and judicial policy-making since the promulgation of the Judicial Act of 1789. The perspective of this book is deeply historical, sociological, and legalistic. Historically, the book has explored the evolution of different policy strategies at different periods of American history; sociologically, it scrutinized the impact of the get-tough policy paradigm on crime and justice, and from a legal perspective it has examined the conflict and the consensus of Congress and the federal judiciary on different issues of crime and justice from drug crimes to sex crimes to counterterrorism. The second edition of the book hTrade ReviewThis is the first up-to-date book to provide an overview and discussions of the shaping of federal, state, and local criminal justice policies throughout American society . . . This excellent book increased my knowledge of the social, political, psychological, and economic context of criminal justice policies. I highly recommend this book to criminal justice students and practitioners, legislators, lobbyists, advocates, librarians, and educators. -- Albert R. Roberts, professor of criminal justice, School of Arts and Sciences, RutgersCrime Policy in America is a detailed and insightful analysis of the America’s criminal justice system. Dr. Shahidullah provides an exceptional historical review of the America’s criminal justice system and moves the reader to contemporary issues within the appropriate cultural and social contexts. -- James F. Hodgson, vice-president, Virginia Association of Criminal Justice EducatorsDr. Shahidullah provides a detailed and extensive review of the federalization of crime and justice policy in the United States . . . Carefully documenting a myriad of laws and legislation, as well as key Supreme Court decisions, Dr. Shahidullah illustrates the expansive growth of the federal and state crime legislation and the subsequent growth of affiliated agencies, institutions, and programs. Clearly organized, the comprehensive reference is adaptable for classroom instruction, and will also serve the interests of policy-makers, scholars and librarians. -- Judith A. Rider, professor of criminal justice, St. John’s University, editor of Criminal Justice AbstractTable of Contents Foreword Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Crime Policy: Meaning, Nature, Actors, and Contexts Chapter 2: Federalization of Crime and Justice Policy: History, Trends, and Processes Chapter 3: The War on Drugs: Evolution of the Policy of Criminalization Chapter 4: Policy-Making in Juvenile Justice: Growth, Change, and Continuity Chapter 5: Sex Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments Chapter 6: Cyber Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments Chapter 7: Crime and Justice Policy in America in the 21st Century: The Emerging Trends References

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Book SynopsisA person is murdered only once while a crime scene can be destroyed many times. Whenever something is added or removed from a homicide scene before police process it, the interpretation of what took place could be altered. This type of altering is only one bump in the road that homicide detectives come across during an investigation. Homicide Investigation is an introduction to forensic science, investigative procedures, and the underlying motives in specific cases. Utilizing the jargon spoken by police the author analyzes the combination of methods detectives use to determine what they think took place at the scene of a violent crime. Using hundreds of sources including newspaper and magazine articles, Internet sites, books, television programs as well as information not broadcast on television news shows and not published in newspapers, this book describes graphic details of classic and routine homicides. A chronology and a list of acronyms are included to help the reader. Chapters cover: Types of homicides Serial killers Police databases Crime scenes Evidence Wounds and injuries Weapons Forensic investigation procedures Perpetrator profiles True crime readers, students and professionals in law enforcement, sociology, psychology, criminal justice, law and criminology, and anyone concerned with his or her personal safety will have an interest in this book.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 A Note to the Reader Chapter 3 Chronology: Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation Chapter 4 Acronyms Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 1 Types of Homicide Chapter 7 2 Homicide in the Underworld Chapter 8 3 Serial Killers Chapter 9 4 Police Communications and Databases Chapter 10 5 Detectives Chapter 11 6 Assessment of the Crime Scene Chapter 12 7 Evidence Chapter 13 8 Wounds and Injuries Chapter 14 9 Fingerprints and Fingerprinting Chapter 15 10 Firearms, Poisons, and Uncommon Weapons Chapter 16 11 Integrity of Evidence Chapter 17 12 Forensic Investigation Chapter 18 13 Sketches, Photographs, and Videotaping Chapter 19 14 Forensic Experts Chapter 20 15 Body Fluids Chapter 21 16 Test Methods Chapter 22 17 Persons of Interest (POI), Perpetrators, and Pyromaniacs Chapter 23 18 Case Profiles Chapter 24 Bibliography Chapter 25 Index Chapter 26 About the Author

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Book SynopsisDying on the Job is the first book on workplace violence to focus exclusively on workplace murder. While some perpetrators are certainly mentally impaired, many workplace murders are committed by people considered to be normal. Brownexplores the various motives and drives that spark workplace murder, and answers hundreds of questions that are usuallyasked only after a workplace murder rampage has already occurred. Are men or women more likely to commit workplace homicide? How can people more easily spot those likely to commit workplace murder? What are some of the warning signs? How often is suicide used as workplace revenge? The answers to these questions and more are based on more than 350 actual cases of workplace murder, and the answers are often surprising. Brown also addresses different areas of prevention, counseling, and rehabilitation, and analyzes different approaches to gun control for both management and employees to make their job a safer place to work.Trade ReviewA unique exploration of the growing epidemic of murder at work. Ronald Brown has crafted a highly readable and fascinating look at this unfathomable and shocking phenomenon. Written with historical perspective, statistics, factual accounts of numerous events and detailed analysis the reader gains not only insight into the genesis of the problem, but a better understanding of the underlying fears that often drive these assailants. While debunking the myths about workplace homicide and exposing the futility of some preventative policies and procedures, in the end Brown provides important preventative rules and recommendations that can make a difference. Timely and useful, this book is a must read for CEOs and their staff, HR executives, middle managers, safety and security professionals and anyone concerned about this abhorrent problem sweeping the nation. -- Richard A. Pollock, CSP, President & CEO, CLMI Safety TrainingDying on the Job highlights an important problem all concerned with the state of American workers must confront. -- Samuel Estreicher, Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Law and director, Center for Labor and Employment Law, NYU LawSadly, too many workplace killings take place. Ronald Brown's book, the first ever about this subject, shows the terrible number, the variety of circumstances and causes, and ways society could address this problem. Managers, HR professionals, and anyone who works in an office need this information. -- Lance Liebman, professor and former dean, Columbia University School of LawWith this fascinating book on workplace murder, Ronald Brown has filled a gaping hole in the literature on workplace violence, and he has done so with lively and accessible prose and a prosecutor’s eye for detail. His ‘closing argument’ on the role of guns in the epidemic of workplace murders should provoke serious and much-needed debate on American gun culture and permissive gun laws. -- Cynthia Estlund, Catherine A. Rein Professor, NYU School of LawThis is an excellent book; the first serious book-length study on work-place homicide. It contains valuable empirical information and useful suggestions for prevention. -- Roger S. Clark, Board of Governors Professor, Rutgers Law School, Camden, New JerseyDying on the Job addresses the most critical work place problem in the US. Written in a style which is both accessible and graphic, it touches on all the relevant aspects of this worrisome matter. This is the best examination of violence, murder and mayhem at work that I have seen. Policy makers and all who are concerned about the workplace will do well to read this exhaustive discussion and to heed its recommendations. I recommend it highly. -- William B. Gould IV, Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law, Emeritus, Stanford Law School, Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (1994-98)This book is an important discussion of a frighteningly prevalent phenomenon, that of workplace homicide. It is a book all employers should read, as it provides information which can help them take steps to reduce the likelihood that an employee will be the victim of workplace homicide. -- Carol Bohmer, visiting associate professor, Department of Government at Dartmouth College; teaching fellow, Department of War Studies at King's College, LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Murder in the Workplace: Nature, Scope, and Origins 2. Why So Little is Known About the Problem 3. Definitely Not Your Average Girl Next Door 4. The Limits of the Human Resources Function 5. Some Were Crazy, Some Not So Crazy 6. The Influence of Gender & Race 7. The Problems and Politics of Being the “Boss” 8. Debunking the Myths / Confirming the Facts 9. Deciphering the “Language” of Workplace Suicide 10. The Warning Signs: the Tick, Tick, Tick of the Bomb 11. Ironies Trends, and Troublesome Facts 12. Employer Response, Responsibility and Resolve 13. Guidelines for Workplace Safety, Security, and Control 14. Conclusion Endnotes Appendix Selected Bibliography Index Acknowledgments About the Author

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Book SynopsisPresents a detailed account of the evolution of the World Bank's sanctions process since its inception in 1996, with particular focus on the most recent round of reforms, and showing how the model has moved closer to a judicial model while ramaining essentially administrative in nature.

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