Description
Book SynopsisA cross-national study that shows how various criminal justice systems are susceptible to wrongful convictions
Trade Review"An important step in showing that even the best criminal justice systems occasionally convict the innocent. Huff and Killias, two of the world’s most accomplished criminologists, have given us a collection of essays that are both first-rate and truly sobering"
—Michael L. Radelet, University of Colorado, and author of In Spite of Innocence
Table of ContentsPart I: Cross-National Perspectives and Issues
1. Introduction
2. Wrongful Conviction and Moral Panic: National and International Prespectives on Organized Child Sexual Abuse
3. Judicial Error and Forensic Science: Pondering the Contribution of DNA Evidence
Part II: North American Perspectives and Issues
4. Wrongful Convictions in the United States
5. The Adversary System and Wrongful Conviction
6. Fatal Errors: Compelling Claims of Executions of the Innocent in the Post-Furman Era
7. The Fallibility of Justice in Canada: A Critical Examination of Conviction Review
Part III: European and Israeli Perspectives and Issues
8. Wrongful Convictions in Switzerland: The Experience of a Continental Law Country
9. The Vulnerability of Dutch Criminal Procedure to Wrongful Conviction
10. Criminal Justice and Miscarriages of Justice in England and Wales
11. A Comparative Analysis of Prosecution in Germany and the United Kingdom: Searching for Truth or Getting a Conviction?
12. Wrongful Conviction in France: The Limits of "Pourvoi en Revision"
13. The Sanctity of Criminal Law: Thoughts and Reflections on Wrongful Conviction in Israel
14. Wrongful Convictions in Poland: From the Communist Ero to the Rechtstaat Experience
Part IV: Conclusions
15. Wrongful Convictions: Conclusions from an International Overview
Contributors
Index
