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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809620803321

Autore

Robinson Paul H. <1948->

Titolo

Law without justice : why criminal law doesn't give people what they deserve / / Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-19-028953-8

0-19-771977-5

1-280-53256-4

0-19-803631-0

1-4294-0329-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Classificazione

86.41

Altri autori (Persone)

CahillMichael T

Disciplina

345.73

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of - United States

Judicial error - United States

Law reform - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Doing justice and the distractions from it -- Fear of manipulation and abuse -- Advancing reliability -- Making the most of limited resources -- Living by rules -- Controlling crime and criminals -- Controlling police and prosecutors -- Promoting interests unrelated to criminal justice -- Criminal justice reforms -- Employing civil rather than criminal process.

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a look at American criminal law, this book demonstrates that cases with unjust outcomes are not always irregular or unpredictable. It aims to show that the criminal law sometimes chooses not to give defendants what they deserve: that is, unsatisfying results occur even when the system works as it is designed to work.