Paul H Robinson, Jeffrey Seaman, Muhammad Sarahne

Confronting Failures of Justice

Getting Away with Murder and Rape

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

No comparable volume collects in one place the various rules, doctrines, policies, and ideological positions that prevent our criminal justice system from pursuing and achieving justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 588
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538191767
• ISBN-10: 1538191768
• Artikelnr.: 70061680

Autorenporträt

By Paul H. Robinson; Jeffrey Seaman and Muhammad Sarahne

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Getting Away with Murder and Rape
Part I: Criminal Liability Rules
Chapter 2: Legal Bars to Prosecution
Chapter 3: Anti-Justice Distributive Principles
Part II: Limitations on Criminal Investigation
Chapter 4: Investigative Errors
Chapter 5: Inadequate Financing
Chapter 6: Legal Limitations on Police Investigation
Chapter 7: Restraints on Use of Technology
Part III: Criminal Justice Adjudication Procedures
Chapter 8: Excluding Reliable and Probative Evidence
Chapter 9: Pretrial Procedures
Chapter 10: Plea Bargaining
Chapter 11: Unchecked Judicial Sentencing Discretion
Chapter 12: Early Release on Parole and Compassionate Release
Chapter 13: Executive Clemency and Pardon
Part IV: Social and Political Influences
Chapter 14: Citizen Non-Cooperation
Chapter 15: Police Non-Intervention
Chapter 16: Anti-Justice Ideological Movements
Chapter 17: Insights, Patterns & Reform Priorities
Appendix: Discussion Issues
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors