Wrongful Convictions.
This innovative work builds on Huff and Killias' earlier publication (2008), but is broader and more thoroughly comparative in a number of important ways:? (1) while focusing heavily on wrongful convictions, it places the subject of wrongful convictions in the broader contextual framework of mi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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Colección: | Criminology and justice studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Wrongful Convictions and Miscarriages of Justice; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter 1 Wrongful Convictions and Miscarriages of Justice in Comparative Perspective: Preface and Introduction; Part I: Wrongful Convictions and Miscarriages of Justice: Causes And Frequency; Chapter 2 Wrongful Convictions in a World of Miscarriages of Justice; Chapter 3 How Many False Convictions are There? How Many Exonerations are There?; Chapter 4 Errors Occur Everywhere-But not at the Same Frequency: The Role of Procedural Systems in Wrongful Convictions.
- Chapter 5 Trial and ErrorChapter 6 The Prosecutor and Wrongful Convictions: Misplaced Priorities, Misconduct, Immunity, and Remedies; Chapter 7 Forensic Science and Wrongful Convictions; Chapter 8 The Importance of Having a Logical Framework for Expert Conclusions in Forensic DNA Profiling: Illustrations from the Amanda Knox Case; Chapter 9 Tunnel Vision, Belief Perseverance and Bias Confirmation: Only Human?; Chapter 10 "Voluntary" False Confessions as a source of Wrongful Convictions: The Case of Spain.
- Chapter 11 The Changing Face of miscarriages of Justice: Preventive Detention Strategies in Canada and the United StatesChapter 12 The Risks of Summary Proceedings, Plea Bargains, and Penal Orders in Producing Wrongful Convictions in the U.S. and Europe; Part II: Wrongful Convictions and Miscarriages of Justice: Consequences and Remedies; Chapter 13 Life After Exoneration: Examining the Aftermath of a Wrongful Capital Conviction; Chapter 14 More Procedure and Concern About Innocence but Less Justice?: Remedies for Wrongful Convictions in the United States and Canada.
- Chapter 15 The Rocky Road to Reform: State Innocence Studies and the Pennsylvania StoryChapter 16 Edwin Borchard and the Limits of Innocence Reform; Chapter 17 Wrongful Convictions, Miscarriages of Justice, and Political Repression: Challenges for Transitional Justice; Part III: Wrongful Convictions and Miscarriages of Justice: Conclusions and Recommendations; Chapter 18 Wrongful Convictions, and Miscarriages of Justice
- What Did We Learn?; About the Contributors; Index.