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From guns to gavels
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Bill Neal |
"Linked accounts of frontier crimes and trials from 1885 to 1929 across West Texas, Indian and New Mexico Territories, and Montana trace the evolution of criminal justice in the American West"--Provi… |
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The daughters of Juárez
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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… |
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Privilege or punish
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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… |
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The new international policing
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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… |
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Let's get free
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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… |
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EU criminal law and justice
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Fletcher, Maria LL. B., LL. M. |
This title seeks to provide a comprehensive, accessible yet analytically challenging account of one of the most dynamic and controversial fields of EU action. |
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The new Jim Crow
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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… |
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Objection!
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Nancy Grace,Diane Clehane,Nancy Grace |
A compelling, intelligent and gutsy read, OBJECTION! captures Nancy’s inimitable voice that has become a source of insight to millions of television viewers and radio listeners around the country. OB… |
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Defending the Guilty
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Alex McBride |
"As a criminal barrister, you work with the material you get: a junkie shoplifter with thirty-five previous convictions and four packs of Lidl's frozen chicken stuffed down his trousers is heading on… |
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Reducing Crime
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Amanda Perry |
Based on extensive research initiated by the UK Home Office, Reducing Crime offers an objective look at the effectiveness of criminal justice interventions in the reduction of crime. Bringing togethe… |
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Sovereign power and the law in China
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Flora Sapio |
In China the coexistence of arbitrary detention and a transition towards a rule of law is either seen as an oxymoron, or as an aberration. This book analyses under-researched institutions and practic… |
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International crime and justice
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Mangai Natarajan |
"International crime and justice is an emerging field that covers international and transnational crimes that have not been the focus of mainstream criminology or criminal justice. This book examines… |
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Criminal justice and neoliberalism
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Emma Bell |
"This book explores the origins of the so-called "punitive turn" in penal policy across Western nations over the past two decades. It demonstrates how the context of neoliberalism has informed penal … |
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Courtroom 302
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Steve Bogira |
This book is the story of one year in one courtroom in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. We see the system through the eyes of the men and women… |
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Georgia's criminal justice system
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Deborah Mitchell Robinson |
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The Rehnquist court and criminal justice
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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… |
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Criminal justice essentials
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Sue Titus Reid |
"Revised and updated to reflect recent research and statutory changes, the Ninth Edition of Sue Titus Reid's Criminal Justice Essentials represents the most comprehensive yet concise overview of the … |
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Kids, cops, and confessions
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Barry C. Feld |
Juveniles possess less maturity, intelligence, and competence than adults, which heightens their vulnerability in the justice system. For this reason, states try juveniles in separate courts and use … |
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The steps to the Supreme Court
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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… |
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Careers in Law, Criminal Justice & Emergency Services
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Michael Shally-Jensen |
This book provides a thorough examination of the occupations and career paths in the growing fields of law and criminology. Written for high school and undergraduate students, this series will help s… |
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