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UNINA9910821742403321 |
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Titolo |
Wrongful conviction : international perspectives on miscarriages of justice / / C. Ronald Huff and Martin Killias, editors |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
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1-281-97320-3 |
1-59213-647-8 |
9786611973209 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HuffC. Ronald |
KilliasMartin |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Judicial error |
Justice, Administration of |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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