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Wrongful conviction : international perspectives on miscarriages of justice /

A cross-national study that shows how various criminal justice systems are susceptible to wrongful convictions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Huff, C. Ronald (Editor ), Killias, Martin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / C. Ronald Huff and Martin Killias
  • Wrongful conviction and moral panic: national and international perspectives on organized child sexual abuse / Randall Grometstein
  • Judicial error and forensic science: pondering the contribution of DNA evidence / Beatrice Schiffer and Christophe Champod
  • Wrongful convictions in the United States / C. Ronald Huff
  • The adversary system and wrongful conviction / Marvin Zalman
  • Fatal errors: compelling claims of executions of the innocent in the post-Furman era / William S. Lofquist and Talia R. Harmon
  • The fallibility of justice in Canada: a critical examination of conviction review / Kathryn M. Campbell
  • Wrongful convictions in Switzerland: the experience of a continental law country / Martin Killias
  • The vulnerability of Dutch criminal procedure to wrongful conviction / Chrisje Brants
  • Criminal justice and miscarriages of justice in England and Wales / Clive Walker and Carole McCartney
  • A comparative analysis of prosecution in Germany and the United Kingdom: searching for truth or getting a conviction? / Isabel Kessler
  • Wrongful convictions in France: the limits of "pourvoi en révision" / Nathalie Dongois
  • The sanctity of criminal law: thoughts and reflections on wrongful conviction in Israel / Arye Rattner
  • Wrongful convictions in Poland: from the communist era to the Rechtstaat experience / Emil W. Plywaczewski, Adam Górski, and Andrzej Sakowicz
  • Wrongful conviction: conclusions from an international overview / C. Ronald Huff and Martin Killias.