1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454162303321

Titolo

Wrongful conviction [[electronic resource] ] : international perspectives on miscarriages of justice / / C. Ronald Huff and Martin Killias, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-97320-3

1-59213-647-8

9786611973209

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HuffC. Ronald

KilliasMartin

Disciplina

347/.012

Soggetti

Judicial error

Justice, Administration of

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Part I Cross-National Perspectives and Issues; 1 Introduction  C. Ronald Huff and Martin Killias; 2 Wrongful Conviction and Moral Panic: National and International Perspectives on Organized Child Sexual Abuse  Randall Grometstein; 3 Judicial Error and Forensic Science: Pondering the Contribution of DNA Evidence  Beatrice Schiffer and Christophe Champod; Part II North American Perspectives and Issues; 4 Wrongful Convictions in the United States  C. Ronald Huff; 5 The Adversary System and Wrongful Conviction  Marvin Zalman

6 Fatal Errors: Compelling Claims of Executions of the Innocent in the Post-Furman Era  William S. Lofquist and Talia R. Harmon7 The Fallibility of Justice in Canada: A Critical Examination of Conviction Review  Kathryn M. Campbell; Part III European and Israeli Perspectives and Issues; 8 Wrongful Convictions in Switzerland: The Experience of a Continental Law Country  Martin Killias; 9 The Vulnerability of Dutch Criminal Procedure to Wrongful Conviction  Chrisje Brants; 10 Criminal Justice and Miscarriages of Justice in England and Wales  Clive Walker and Carole McCartney

11 A Comparative Analysis of Prosecution in Germany and the United



Kingdom: Searching for Truth or Getting a Conviction?  Isabel Kessler12 Wrongful Convictions in France: The Limits of "Pourvoien Révision"  Nathalie Dongois; 13 The Sanctity of Criminal Law: Thoughts and Reflections on Wrongful Conviction in Israel  Arye Rattner; 14 Wrongful Convictions in Poland: From the Communist Era to the Rechtstaat Experience  Emil W. Plywaczewski, Adam Górski,and Andrzej Sakowicz; Part IV Conclusions

15 Wrongful Conviction: Conclusions from an International Overview  C. Ronald Huff and Martin KilliasContributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Imperfections in the criminal justice system have long intrigued the general public and worried scholars and legal practitioners. In Wrongful Conviction, criminologists C. Ronald Huff and Martin Killias present an important collection of essays that analyzes cases of injustice across an array of legal systems, with contributors from North America, Europe and Israel. This collection includes a number of well-developed public-policy recommendations intended to reduce the instances of courts punishing innocents. It also offers suggestions for compensating more fairly those who are

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782135703321

Autore

Loevinsohn Benjamin

Titolo

Performance-based contracting for health services in developing countries : : a toolkit / / Benjamin Loevinsohn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2008]

copyright 2008

ISBN

0-8213-7537-7

Descrizione fisica

xix, 202 pages ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Health, nutrition, and population series

Disciplina

362.1068/4

Soggetti

Medical care - Contracting out - Developing countries

Performance contracts - Developing countries

Public-private sector cooperation - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index.



Nota di contenuto

Contents; Boxes, Figures, and Tables; Boxes, Figures, and Tables; Why and How to Use This Toolkit; Outline of the Toolkit; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; SECTION 1 Summary of the Toolkit; SECTION 2 What Is Performance-Based Contracting?; SECTION 3 How to Contract; SECTION 4 Checklist for Contracting; SECTION 5 Whether to Contract; APPENDIX A Example of a Contracting Plan (or Manual) Strengthening Primary Health Care Services in Country X; APPENDIX B World Bank Procurement Approach to Contracting for Health Services; APPENDIX C Description of Evaluated Contracting Experiences

APPENDIX D Terms of Reference for a Third-Party Evaluation of the Contracting Effort in Country XAPPENDIX E Terms of Reference Examples; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the existence of effective interventions, there are many developing countries which are not on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for health. In many countries the delivery of health services is inadequate and one way of improving the situation is to contract with non-state providers. Contracting is a mechanism for a financing entity to procure a defined set of services from a non-state provider. Performance-based contracting is a type of contracting with: (a) a clear set of objectives and indicators; (b) systematic efforts to collect data to judge contractor perf