Courts, Law, and Justice /
The 20 chapters in Courts, Law, and Justice cover a wide range of sharply contested topics, including drug and gun control laws as well as the ins and outs of the criminal justice system as encountered by arrested suspects, during the trial process, and during the sentencing phase. This volume looks...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks :
SAGE Publications,
2011.
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Colección: | Key issues in crime and punishment.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Asset forfeiture
- DNA evidence
- Double jeopardy
- Drug laws
- DUI penalties
- Exclusionary rules
- Expert witnesses and hired guns
- Eyewitness testimony and accuracy
- Gun control laws
- Insanity defense
- Jury system
- Mandatory sentencing
- Miranda rights
- Plea bargaining
- Polygraphs
- Restorative justice
- Sentencing disparities
- Sex offender registry
- Three-strikes laws
- Victim rights and restitution.