Cargando…

Convicted but Innocent : Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy.

Addressing the specific issues surrounding wrongful convictions and their implications for society, Convicted but Innocent includes: survey data concerning the possible magnitude of the problem and its causes; fascinating actual case samples; detailed analyses of the major factors associated with wr...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Huff, Ronald
Otros Autores: Rattner, Arye, Sagarin, Edward, 1913-1986
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1996.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000Mi 4500
001 EBOOKCENTRAL_ocn809771821
003 OCoLC
005 20240329122006.0
006 m o d
007 cr |n|---|||||
008 120823s1996 xx o 000 0 eng d
040 |a MHW  |b eng  |e pn  |c MHW  |d OCLCQ  |d EBLCP  |d OCLCQ  |d AU@  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCF  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d UKAHL  |d OCLCQ  |d K6U  |d OCLCO  |d IUL  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL 
020 |a 9781452221175 
020 |a 1452221170 
029 1 |a DKDLA  |b 820120-katalog:999892921505765 
035 |a (OCoLC)809771821 
043 |a n-us--- 
050 4 |a KF9756 .H84 1996 
082 0 4 |a 347.3055 
049 |a UAMI 
100 1 |a Huff, Ronald. 
245 1 0 |a Convicted but Innocent :  |b Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy. 
260 |a Thousand Oaks :  |b SAGE Publications,  |c 1996. 
300 |a 1 online resource (205 pages) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
520 |a Addressing the specific issues surrounding wrongful convictions and their implications for society, Convicted but Innocent includes: survey data concerning the possible magnitude of the problem and its causes; fascinating actual case samples; detailed analyses of the major factors associated with wrongful conviction; discussion of public policy implications; and recommendations for reducing the occurrence of such convictions. The authors maintain that while no system of justice can be perfect, a focus on preventable errors can substantially reduce the number of current conviction injustices. 
505 0 |a Cover ; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- With Apologies to the Prisoner; Defining the Convicted Innocents; Where Doubt Remains; Declared Innocent, and Still Incarcerated; Chapter 2 -- Causes Celebres; A Nineteenth-Century Case: The Dreyfus Affair; The Scottsboro Boys; The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping; The Sad Saga of Isidore Zimmerman; Randall Dale Adams: Injustice in Dallas; ""Ivan the Terrible, "" or a Terrible Case of Mistaken Identity?; Chapter 3 -- How Could Thi s Have Happened? The Causes and Prevalence of Wrongful Conviction; How Does It Happen? 
505 8 |a Eyewitness ErrorProsecutorial and Police Misconduct and Errors; Plea Bargaining; Community Pressure for Conviction; Inadequacy of Counsel; Accusations Against the Innocent by the Guilty; Criminal Records; Race as a Factor; Chapter 4 -- What Did They Really See? The Problems of Eyewitness Identification; Psychological Factors; Systemic Factors; Societal and Cultural Factors; Conclusion; Chapter 5 -- False Confessions, Miranda Notwithstanding; The Bradley Cox Case; Chapter 6 -- Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy What Can Be Done?; Crime Control Versus Due Process. 
505 8 |a What Is the Meaning of Wrongful Conviction?Reducing the Incidence of Wrongful Conviction; Identifying and Exonerating Convicted Innocents; Compensating and Reintegrating Convicted Innocents; Capital Punishment: The Irreversible Error; References; Cases; Index; About the Authors. 
590 |a ProQuest Ebook Central  |b Ebook Central Academic Complete 
650 0 |a Judicial error  |z United States. 
650 0 |a False imprisonment  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Criminal justice, Administration of  |z United States. 
650 6 |a Erreur judiciaire  |z États-Unis. 
650 6 |a Séquestration  |z États-Unis. 
650 6 |a Justice pénale  |x Administration  |z États-Unis. 
650 7 |a Criminal justice, Administration of  |2 fast 
650 7 |a False imprisonment  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Judicial error  |2 fast 
651 7 |a United States  |2 fast  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq 
700 1 |a Rattner, Arye. 
700 1 |a Sagarin, Edward,  |d 1913-1986.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgxtDxmVVGfxhc3XRhT73 
758 |i has work:  |a Convicted but innocent (Text)  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFVrwpWRq7qdXgpFVxdmV3  |4 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |z 9780803959538 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.uam.elogim.com/lib/uam-ebooks/detail.action?docID=996379  |z Texto completo 
938 |a Askews and Holts Library Services  |b ASKH  |n AH24989796 
938 |a ProQuest Ebook Central  |b EBLB  |n EBL996379 
994 |a 92  |b IZTAP