Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (329 p.)
Disciplina	364.973
Altri autori (Persone)	KrisbergBarry MarchionnaSusan BairdChristopher
Soggetto topico	Criminal justice, Administration of - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-322-30673-7 1-4129-5191-7 1-4522-6686-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART I: THE VIEWS FROM NCCD'S FIVE PRESIDENTS; 1 - RATIONAL CRIME TREATMENT; 2 - A CRITIQUE OF THE MODEL PENAL CODE SENTENCING PROPOSALS; 3 - MILTON RECTOR; 4 - DOING VIOLENCE TO THE CRIME PROBLEM; 5 - HATE THE PLAYER AND HATE THE GAME; PART II: THE NEED FOR A SEPARATE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN; 6 - THE JUVENILE COURT IN THE SERVICE STATE; 7 - THE YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU; 8 - SAFETY AND WELFARE REVIEW OF THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY; 9 - CREATING EFFECTIVE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS; PART III: ALTERNATIVES TO MASS INCARCERATION; 10 - THE EXTRAVAGANCE OFIMPRISONMENT 11 - THE STATE OF CORRECTIONS TODAY12 - THE "PRISON PAYS" STUDIES; 13 - MAKING PAROLING POLICY EXPLICIT; 14 - IMPEDIMENTS TO PENAL REFORM; PART IV: BREAKING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE; 15 - THE MICHIGAN STRUCTURED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM; 16 - THE RELATIVE VALIDITY OF ACTUARIAL AND CONSENSUS-BASED RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS; 17 - IMPROVED DECISION MAKING IN CHILD MALTREATMENT CASES; 18 - THE PLIGHT OF CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ARE IN PRISON; PART V: THE LINK BETWEEN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE; 19 - RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN CRIMINAL SENTENCING; 20 - ORGANIZING FOR COMMUNITY POLICING 21 - VIOLENCE, U.S.A.22 - THE COLOR OF LAW AND THE ISSUE OF COLOR; 23 - NAVIGATING THE HIDDEN OBSTACLES TO EX-OFFENDER REENTRY; 24 - TAKING IT TO THE STREETS; 25 - WE DO NOT DESERVE TO KILL; PART VI: CONCLUSION; INDEX; ABOUT THE EDITORS
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480352503321

Autore	Cooper Sarah Lucy
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (247 p.)
Disciplina	345.73/0122
Collana	Controversies in American Constitutional Law
Soggetto topico	Judicial error - United States False imprisonment - United States Criminal justice, Administration of - United States
ISBN	1-315-57410-1 1-317-16003-7 1-317-16002-9 1-4094-6355-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Part I: The Rise of the Innocence Movement in America; 1 Innocence Found: The New Revolution in American Criminal Justice; 2 The Innocence Network: From Beginning to Branding; Part II: How Are Innocent People Convicted? Common Causes of Wrongful Convictions; 3 Eyewitnesses and Erroneous Convictions: An American Conundrum; 4 Disputed Interrogation Techniques in America; 5 Innocence and the Suppression of Exculpatory Evidence by Prosecutors; 6 The Two-Legged Stool Part III: Reality Bites: Problems with Investigating, Proving and Defining Innocence7 The Emerging Role of Innocence Lawyer; 8 When Finality and Innocence Collide; 9 Narrowing the Construction of "Innocence": Societal and Constitutional Consequences; Part IV: Innocence Reform; 10 Towards a Theory of Innocence Policy Reform; 11 Innocence Commissions in America: Ten Years After; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910792164803321

Autore	Huff C. Ronald
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1996
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (205 p.)
Disciplina	347.3055 364.1092273
Altri autori (Persone)	RattnerArye SagarinEdward <1913-1986.>
Soggetto topico	Judicial error - United States False imprisonment - United States Criminal justice, Administration of - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-322-41356-8 1-4522-2117-0 0-8039-5953-2 0-585-25444-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover ; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - With Apologies to the Prisoner; Defining the Convicted Innocents; Where Doubt Remains; Declared Innocent, and Still Incarcerated; Chapter 2 - Causes Celebres; A Nineteenth-Century Case: The Dreyfus Affair; The Scottsboro Boys; The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping; The Sad Saga of Isidore Zimmerman; Randall Dale Adams: Injustice in Dallas; ""Ivan the Terrible,"" or a Terrible Case of Mistaken Identity?; Chapter 3 - How Could This Have Happened ? The Causes and Prevalence of Wrongful Conviction; How Does It Happen? Eyewitness Error Prosecutorial and Police Misconduct and Errors; Plea Bargaining; Community Pressure for Conviction; Inadequacy of Counsel; Accusations Against the Innocent by the Guilty; Criminal Records; Race as a Factor; Chapter 4 - What Did They Really See? The Problems of Eyewitness Identification; Psychological Factors; Systemic Factors; Societal and Cultural Factors; Conclusion; Chapter 5 - False Confessions , Miranda Notwithstanding; The Bradley Cox Case; Chapter 6 - Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy What Can Be Done?; Crime Control Versus Due Process What Is the Meaning of Wrongful Conviction? Reducing the Incidence of Wrongful Conviction; Identifying and Exonerating Convicted Innocents; Compensating and Reintegrating Convicted Innocents; Capital Punishment: The Irreversible Error; References; Cases; Index; About the Authors
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910478862703321

Autore	Larence Eileen Regen
Pubbl/distr/stampa	[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2009]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (17 pages)
Collana	Testimony
Soggetto topico	Commercial crimes - Government policy - United States Criminal justice, Administration of - United States
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	Corporate crime
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910696924303321