Race and justice : wrongful convictions of African American men / / Marvin D. Free, Jr., Mitch Ruesink

• Autore: Free Marvin D.
• Pubblicazione: Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.3/496073
• Soggetto topico: Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States; Judicial error - United States; African American criminals
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): RuesinkMitch
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""2.1 List of Known Wrongfully Convicted African American Men by State, 1970â€?2008""; ""2.2 Descriptive Statistics of Sample of Wrongfully Convicted African American Men""; ""3.1 Factors in Wrongful Convictions in Murder and Attempted Murder Cases""; ""3.2 Victim and Case Characteristics in Murder and Attempted Murder Cases""; ""4.1 Factors in Wrongful Convictions in Rape and Sexual Assault Cases""; ""4.2 Victim and Case Characteristics in Rape and Sexual Assault Cases""; ""5.1 Individuals Involved in the Tulia Sting"" ; ""5.2 Mansfield, Ohio, Drug Bust""""6.1 Factors in Wrongful Convictions in Robbery Cases""; ""6.2 Victim and Case Characteristics in Robbery Cases""; ""6.3 Summary of Wrongful Convictions in Miscellaneous Cases""; ""Preface""; ""1-Wrongful Convictionsin the United States""; ""A Selective Overview of the Study of Wrongful Convictions""; ""Estimating the Prevalence and Incidence of Wrongful Convictions""; ""Criminal Justice System Factors Associated with the Conviction of Innocents""; ""Wrongful Convictions and African Americans""; ""Why This Study Focuses on African American Men"" ; ""Focus and Scope of the Book""""Notes""; ""2-Meet the Wrongfully Convicted""; ""Locating the Cases""; ""Identification and Categorization of Variables Associated with Wrongful Conviction""; ""The Sample""; ""Witness Error and the Conviction of Innocents""; ""Police Misconduct and the Conviction of Innocents""; ""Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Conviction of Innocents""; ""False Confessions and the Conviction of Innocents""; ""Informants/Snitches and the Conviction of Innocents""; ""Forensic Errors and the Conviction of Innocents"" ; ""Perjury by Criminal Justice Officials, Insufficient Evidence, and the Conviction of Innocents""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""3-Murder and Attempted Murder""; ""Witness Error in Wrongful Murder Convictions""; ""Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct in Wrongful Murder Convictions""; ""Use of Informants/Snitches in Wrongful Murder Convictions""; ""False Confessions in Wrongful Murder Convictions""; ""Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in Wrongful Murder Convictions""; ""Forensic Errors in Wrongful Murder Convictions""; ""Victim Characteristics and Wrongful Murder Convictions"" ; ""Other Case Characteristics""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""4-Rape and Sexual Assault""; ""Cases in Which Witness Error Was the Primary Cause of the Wrongful Conviction""; ""Cases in Which Witness Error Was One of the Factors in the Wrongful Conviction""; ""Cases in Which Witness Error Was Not a Contributing Factor to the Wrongful Conviction""; ""Victim Characteristics and Wrongful Rape/Sexual Assault Convictions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""5-Drug Offenses""; ""Opium and the Chinese: The Beginning of Drug Prohibition""; ""Cocaine and African Americans During the Early Twentieth Century"" ; ""Marijuana and Mexican Immigrants""
• Titolo autorizzato: Race and justice
• ISBN: 1-58826-917-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462771803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II