Discretion in Criminal Justice

Discretion in Criminal Justice
Author: Lloyd E. Ohlin
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 390
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780791415634

A retrospective account of the research done in the 1950s by the American Bar Foundation which conducted a pilot survey of the processing of offenders from arrest to prison--to observe what actually happened at each decision point, instead of assuming that doctrinal legal analyses were sufficient. Many of the chief participants in the Survey of Criminal Justice write here about the consequences of the earlier research for subsequent scholarship, teaching, and policy, and reflect on the problem of discretion in criminal justice.

The Exclusionary Rule of Evidence

The Exclusionary Rule of Evidence
Author: Kuo-hsing Hsieh
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2016-03-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317032446

This groundbreaking monograph asserts the need for the establishment of an exclusionary rule of evidence in China as a means of protecting the people from police wrongdoing. The author skilfully explores the foundations and developments of the exclusionary rule in the UK and USA, assessing the rule from a comparative perspective and illuminating some issues that may arise in transferring the rule from one legal system to another. Divided into two parts, the first part discusses lessons from the past, and provides an in-depth examination of the development of the exclusionary rule in the UK and USA, covering rationales, debates and the theoretical foundation of the exclusionary rule in the constitutional context. The second part looks to the future and the establishment of a Chinese exclusionary rule. Specifically, it analyses the effects of police torture, the passive attitude of judges and the need to establish such a rule in practice for future protection of human rights. The author’s experience in criminal law and procedure allow him to adroitly analyse crucial issues on both theoretical and practical level that is understandable to those working in the areas of human rights, comparative criminal procedure, and the Chinese legal system.

Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing

Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing
Author: Jonathon A. Cooper
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2021-07-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1793647577

This newly revised edition includes two new chapters exploring events in policing since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO in 2014. More than summarizing historical events, Cooper contextualizes the subsequent riots in light of classic sociological theory and political philosophy, and offers a potential and compelling new direction for improving both police use of force and the relationship between police and communities.

Fixing Broken Windows

Fixing Broken Windows
Author: George L. Kelling
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1997
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0684837382

Cites successful examples of community-based policing.

Library Book Catalog

Library Book Catalog
Author: National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. Office of Technology Transfer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 820
Release: 1972
Genre: Crime
ISBN: