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Category : Criminal procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The National Journal of Criminal Defense
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590318737
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590318737
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Deterrence and the Death Penalty
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309254167
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Many studies during the past few decades have sought to determine whether the death penalty has any deterrent effect on homicide rates. Researchers have reached widely varying, even contradictory, conclusions. Some studies have concluded that the threat of capital punishment deters murders, saving large numbers of lives; other studies have concluded that executions actually increase homicides; still others, that executions have no effect on murder rates. Commentary among researchers, advocates, and policymakers on the scientific validity of the findings has sometimes been acrimonious. Against this backdrop, the National Research Council report Deterrence and the Death Penalty assesses whether the available evidence provides a scientific basis for answering questions of if and how the death penalty affects homicide rates. This new report from the Committee on Law and Justice concludes that research to date on the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates is not useful in determining whether the death penalty increases, decreases, or has no effect on these rates. The key question is whether capital punishment is less or more effective as a deterrent than alternative punishments, such as a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Yet none of the research that has been done accounted for the possible effect of noncapital punishments on homicide rates. The report recommends new avenues of research that may provide broader insight into any deterrent effects from both capital and noncapital punishments.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309254167
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Many studies during the past few decades have sought to determine whether the death penalty has any deterrent effect on homicide rates. Researchers have reached widely varying, even contradictory, conclusions. Some studies have concluded that the threat of capital punishment deters murders, saving large numbers of lives; other studies have concluded that executions actually increase homicides; still others, that executions have no effect on murder rates. Commentary among researchers, advocates, and policymakers on the scientific validity of the findings has sometimes been acrimonious. Against this backdrop, the National Research Council report Deterrence and the Death Penalty assesses whether the available evidence provides a scientific basis for answering questions of if and how the death penalty affects homicide rates. This new report from the Committee on Law and Justice concludes that research to date on the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates is not useful in determining whether the death penalty increases, decreases, or has no effect on these rates. The key question is whether capital punishment is less or more effective as a deterrent than alternative punishments, such as a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Yet none of the research that has been done accounted for the possible effect of noncapital punishments on homicide rates. The report recommends new avenues of research that may provide broader insight into any deterrent effects from both capital and noncapital punishments.
Criminal Justice Periodicals
Author: David M. Horton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency
Author: Sheldon Glueck
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This authors studied two cohorts of juveniles -- 500 persistently delinquent boys, and 500 non-delinquents -- in an attempt to establish the causes of criminal behaviour. Factors studied included : family, ethnic derivation, age, intelligence, area of residence, body types and medical, social and psychological factors. The data used by the Gluecks was re-analysed in 1995 by Robert Sampson and John H. Laub, published their results in two books : Crime in the making, and Shared beginnings, divergent lives.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This authors studied two cohorts of juveniles -- 500 persistently delinquent boys, and 500 non-delinquents -- in an attempt to establish the causes of criminal behaviour. Factors studied included : family, ethnic derivation, age, intelligence, area of residence, body types and medical, social and psychological factors. The data used by the Gluecks was re-analysed in 1995 by Robert Sampson and John H. Laub, published their results in two books : Crime in the making, and Shared beginnings, divergent lives.
Case of a Lifetime
Author: Abbe Smith
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 023061387X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A recent study estimates that thousands of innocent people are wrongfully imprisoned each year in the United States. Some are exonerated through DNA evidence, but many more languish in prison because their convictions were based on faulty eyewitness accounts and no DNA is available. Prominent criminal lawyer and law professor Abbe Smith weaves together real life cases to show what it is like to champion the rights of the accused. Smith describes the moral and ethical dilemmas of representing the guilty and the weighty burden of fighting for the innocent, including the victorious story of how she helped free a woman wrongly imprisoned for nearly three decades. For fans of Law and Order and investigative news programs like 20/20, Case of a Lifetime is a chilling look at what really determines a person's innocence.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 023061387X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A recent study estimates that thousands of innocent people are wrongfully imprisoned each year in the United States. Some are exonerated through DNA evidence, but many more languish in prison because their convictions were based on faulty eyewitness accounts and no DNA is available. Prominent criminal lawyer and law professor Abbe Smith weaves together real life cases to show what it is like to champion the rights of the accused. Smith describes the moral and ethical dilemmas of representing the guilty and the weighty burden of fighting for the innocent, including the victorious story of how she helped free a woman wrongly imprisoned for nearly three decades. For fans of Law and Order and investigative news programs like 20/20, Case of a Lifetime is a chilling look at what really determines a person's innocence.
ABA Standards for Criminal Justice
Author: American Bar Association
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570737138
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
"Project of the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, Criminal Justice Section"--T.p. verso.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570737138
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
"Project of the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, Criminal Justice Section"--T.p. verso.
Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Defendant Rights
Author: Hamid R. Kusha
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576079368
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A unique handbook comparing defendant rights in legal traditions around the world in light of fast-changing developments in U.S. law since September 11, 2001, and the USA PATRIOT Act. Written for the general reader, this book examines the scope of the legal rights granted by the U.S. Constitution to those accused of a crime. Defendant Rights examines the history of the Anglo-American legal tradition and compares and contrasts this with the major international systems of the world. Of special significance are the book's sections on the development of the British Dooms Law books under the Anglo-Saxon kings, and the Magna Carta's impact on American legal thought. Especially important in today's political climate is the coverage of Islam's sacred text, the Koran, and the role of the Islamic Kadi.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576079368
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A unique handbook comparing defendant rights in legal traditions around the world in light of fast-changing developments in U.S. law since September 11, 2001, and the USA PATRIOT Act. Written for the general reader, this book examines the scope of the legal rights granted by the U.S. Constitution to those accused of a crime. Defendant Rights examines the history of the Anglo-American legal tradition and compares and contrasts this with the major international systems of the world. Of special significance are the book's sections on the development of the British Dooms Law books under the Anglo-Saxon kings, and the Magna Carta's impact on American legal thought. Especially important in today's political climate is the coverage of Islam's sacred text, the Koran, and the role of the Islamic Kadi.
Library Book Catalog
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Contains the additions to the libraries of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (called, 19 -73, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Contains the additions to the libraries of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (called, 19 -73, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs).