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The daughters of Juárez The daughters of Juárez Teresa Rodríguez For more than twelve years the Mexican border city of Juárez has been the center of an epidemic of horrific crimes against women and girls: kidnappings, rape, mutilation, and murder, with most of th… OL12281070W
Privilege or punish Privilege or punish Daniel Markel This work answers two basic questions: how does the American criminal justice system address a defendant's family status? And how should a defendant's family status be recognized in a criminal justic… OL13648848W
The new international policing The new international policing Beth K. Greener Police personnel have increasingly been deployed outside their own domestic jurisdictions to uphold law and order and to help rebuild states. This booknbsp;explores thenbsp;phenomenon of a new intern… OL13656986W
Let's get free Let's get free Paul Delano Butler Paul Butler was an ambitious federal prosecutor, a Harvard Law grad who traded in his corporate law salary to fight the good fight. It was those years on the front lines that convinced him that the A… OL13691684W
Im Namen der Anklage Im Namen der Anklage Carla Del Ponte, Chuck Sudetic Von der Wirtstochter aus einem kleinen Ort im Tessin hin zur international gefürchteten Anklägerin: Carla Del Ponte schildert überraschend offen ihren ungewöhnlichen Werdegang und ihren resoluten Kam… OL13757051W
The new Jim Crow The new Jim Crow Karen Chilton,Michelle Alexander This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race… OL13826369W
The Central Park Five The Central Park Five Sarah Burns An in-depth account of one of New York City's most notorious crimes. On April 20, 1989, the body of a woman is discovered in Central Park, her skull badly smashed. Within days, five black and Latino … OL16261038W
The Rehnquist court and criminal justice The Rehnquist court and criminal justice Christopher E. Smith,Christina DeJong,Michael A. McCall "This book examines the criminal justice decisions of the Rehnquist Court era through analyses of individual justices' contributions to the development of law and policy. The Rehnquist Court era (198… OL16451058W
Policing and justice Policing and justice Dirk Flint "Discusses the media treatment of conflicts and wars worldwide, including issues of media pressure, biases, propaganda, and scandals"--Provided by publisher. OL16470052W
The steps to the Supreme Court The steps to the Supreme Court Peter H. Irons "The Steps to the Supreme Court follows two real cases--one civil, one criminal--as they work their way through the system from initial charges and complaints all the way up to the Supreme Court. Ste… OL16728731W
Rule-of-law tools for post-conflict states Rule-of-law tools for post-conflict states United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights This publication explores how hybrid courts can receive the mandates and the political support required to be more effective in building capacity and bestowing an enduring legacy upon the justice sys… OL16919194W
Ethical Justice Ethical Justice Brent E. Turvey,Stan Crowder This textbook was developed from an idiom shared by the authors and contributors alike: ethics and ethical challenges are generally black and white, not gray. They are akin to the pregnant woman or t… OL17309349W
Judgement of the Pharaoh Judgement of the Pharaoh Joyce A. Tyldesley This book unmasks Ancient Egyptian crimes and criminals, meticulously recreating a series of crimes, from grave robbing, false embalming, necrophilia, and bestiality to a re-creation of the murder of… OL1945094W
Una novela criminal Una novela criminal Jorge Volpi Escalante Todo lo que se narra en esta novela ocurrió así, todos sus personajes son personas de carne y hueso, y la historia, desentrañada con maestría e iluminada hasta sus últimos recovecos por una ingente t… OL19744886W
America's courts and the criminal justice system America's courts and the criminal justice system David W. Neubauer xxv, 624 pages : 26 cm OL19825973W
Getting life Getting life Michael Morton "On August 13, 1986 ... Michael Morton went to work at his usual time. By the end of the day, his wife Christine had been savagely bludgeoned to death in the couple's bed--and the Williamson County S… OL19983238W
Police state Police state Gerry Spence "We all want to feel safe. But safe from what, and from whom? In his 60-plus years as a trial lawyer, Gerry Spence has never represented a person accused of a crime in which the police hadn't themsel… OL20010113W
Affective justice Affective justice Kamari Maxine Clarke "Since its inception in 2001, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been met with resistance by various African states and their leaders, who see the court as a new iteration of colonial violenc… OL20555816W
Crime and punishment Crime and punishment Kenneth M. Jensen,Fred E. Baumann ix, 132 p. ; 23 cm OL23029910W
Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice Mark S. Davis "A handy reference for students, professionals, and anyone interested in criminal justice and criminology, The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice is a wide-ranging resource with clear definition… OL2346828W
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