Over 500 Answers to Frequently Asked Questions from Law Enforcement to Corrections
This reference work provides basic information, descriptions, and explanations of how laws governing criminal behavior are made and enforced, and corrections for those who violate criminal law.''''Where do police get their power over citizens?''Who polices the police?''What is the difference between parole and probation?''What is the recidivism rate for prisoners?''What is the difference between civil and criminal law?''What is an arraignment?''''''Answers to these and over 500 more questions are found in CQAEs Desk Reference on American Criminal Justice. This is the only book in a reference format that provides quick access and easy-to-find information for students and citizens who need to acquire a basic and comprehensive understanding of our system of law enforcement, courts in the context of criminal law, and corrections. Supporting the curriculum for criminal justice as it is studied in American government, history, and law enforcement courses in high schools and colleges, this reference volume will also cover any questions your patrons and students may have on public issues such as police brutality, prison reform, and juvenile justice.''
Taking as its theme the theory and practice of criminal responsibility, this text asks why killers deserve punishment, and how the law should decide. The author argues that people deserve punishment according to the evil they choose to do, regardless of their psychological capacities.
Why Our System of Criminal Trials Has Become an Expensive Failure and What We Need to Do to Rebuild It
A study of the US criminal-justice system which argues that it places far too great an emphasis on winning and not nearly enough on truth. The author focuses on ways in which lawyers are permitted to dominate trials, the system's preference for weak judges, and the absurdities of plea bargaining.
This volume examines racism within the process of criminal justice. In every society criminal justice plays a key role establishing social control and maintaining the hegemony of the dominant economic classes. The contributors to this anthology argue that the differential treatment of people of colour and First Nations peoples is due to systemic ......
An examination of cases in which children were key witnesses in criminal child abuse trials. The book considers the credibility of children's testimony, and asks whether children are more suggestible than adults.
A study of how rape stereotypes are used by defence lawyers to gain acquittals in the USA. The author also presents reform proposals, consistent with feminist theories of justice, designed to improve both the American adversary system in general and the way in which the system handles rape cases.
Tracing the origins of the black rage defence back through American history, this work recreates many dramatic legal trials. The author distinguishes between applying an environmental defence and simply blaming society, in the abstract, for individual crimes.
Focusing on providing a clear understanding of what the Constitution says about impeachment and how its terms have been applied throughout US history, this text gives readers the perspective they might need to make informed decisions.
These twelve previously unpublished essays explore the international phenomenon of hate crime, examining the socio-psychological dynamics of these crimes and the settings in which they occur, the relationships between offenders and their victims, the emotional states of the participants, and the legal and law enforcement responses to these crimes. ......
