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Wrongful Conviction

International Perspectives on Miscarriages of Justice
BuchGebunden
326 Seiten
Englisch
Temple University Presserschienen am15.07.2008
A cross-national study that shows how various criminal justice systems are susceptible to wrongful convictions. It offers discussions of specific legal systems and considers issues that transcend national boundaries. It also offers suggestions for compensating more fairly those who are wrongfully convicted.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextA cross-national study that shows how various criminal justice systems are susceptible to wrongful convictions. It offers discussions of specific legal systems and considers issues that transcend national boundaries. It also offers suggestions for compensating more fairly those who are wrongfully convicted.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-59213-645-2
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatUngenäht / geklebt
Erscheinungsjahr2008
Erscheinungsdatum15.07.2008
Seiten326 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 155 mm, Höhe 231 mm, Dicke 28 mm
Gewicht590 g
Artikel-Nr.14466140

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I: Cross-National Perspectives and Issues 1. Introduction 2. Wrongful Conviction and Moral Panic: National and International Prespectives on Organized Child Sexual Abuse 3. Judicial Error and Forensic Science: Pondering the Contribution of DNA EvidencePart II: North American Perspectives and Issues 4. Wrongful Convictions in the United States 5. The Adversary System and Wrongful Conviction 6. Fatal Errors: Compelling Claims of Executions of the Innocent in the Post-Furman Era 7. The Fallibility of Justice in Canada: A Critical Examination of Conviction ReviewPart III: European and Israeli Perspectives and Issues 8. Wrongful Convictions in Switzerland: The Experience of a Continental Law Country 9. The Vulnerability of Dutch Criminal Procedure to Wrongful Conviction 10. Criminal Justice and Miscarriages of Justice in England and Wales 11. A Comparative Analysis of Prosecution in Germany and the United Kingdom: Searching for Truth or Getting a Conviction? 12. Wrongful Conviction in France: The Limits of "Pourvoi en Revision" 13. The Sanctity of Criminal Law: Thoughts and Reflections on Wrongful Conviction in Israel 14. Wrongful Convictions in Poland: From the Communist Ero to the Rechtstaat ExperiencePart IV: Conclusions 15. Wrongful Convictions: Conclusions from an International OverviewContributors Indexmehr

Autor

C. Ronald Huff is Dean of the School of Social Ecology and Professor of Criminology, Law and Society as well as Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. He is a Fellow and Past-President of the American Society of Criminology and the author of numerous scholarly articles and 12 books, including Convicted but Innocent: Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy.

Martin Killias is Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at the Universities of Zurich and Lausanne, and a part-time Judge in the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland. He received the Sellin-Glueck Award of the American Society of Criminology in 2001. He has been the first President of the European Society of Criminology, co-founder of the International Crime Victim Surveys, and Chair of the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics.