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Author | : Casey Welch |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 615 |
Release | : 2013-04-05 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 145572811X |
American Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context provides a complete picture of both the theory and day-to-day reality of criminal courts in the United States. The book begins by exploring how democratic processes affect criminal law, the documents that define law, the organizational structure of courts at the federal and state levels, the overlapping authority of the appeals process, and the effect of legal processes such as precedent, jurisdiction, and the underlying philosophies of various types of courts. In practice, criminal courts are staffed by people who represent different perspectives, occupational pressures, and organizational goals. Thus, this book includes chapters on actors in the traditional courtroom workgroup (judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys, etc.) as well as those outside the court who seek to influence it, including advocacy groups, the media, and politicians. It is the interplay between the court's legal processes and the social actors in the courtroom that makes the application of criminal law fascinating. By focusing on the tension between the law and the actors inside of it, American Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context demonstrates how the courts are a product of "law in action" and presents content in a way that enables you to understand not only the "how" of the U.S. criminal court system, but also the "why." Clearly explains both the principles underlying the development of criminal law and the practical reality of the court system in action A complete picture of the criminal justice continuum, including prosecution, defense, judges, juries, sentencing, and pre-trial and appeals processes Feature boxes look at how courts are portrayed in the media; identify landmark due-process cases; illustrate the pros and cons of the courts’ discretionary decision-making; examine procedures and the goals of justice; and highlight the various types of careers available within the criminal courts
Author | : William J. Stuntz |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2011-09-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674051750 |
Rule of law has vanished in America’s criminal justice system. Prosecutors decide whom to punish; most accused never face a jury; policing is inconsistent; plea bargaining is rampant; and draconian sentencing fills prisons with mostly minority defendants. A leading criminal law scholar looks to history for the roots of these problems—and solutions.
Author | : Peleg Chandler |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2024-08-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3368884514 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.
Author | : Shima Baradaran Baughman |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107131367 |
Examines the causes for mass incarceration of Americans and calls for the reform of the bail system. Traces the history of bail, how it has come to be an oppressive tool of the courts, and makes recommendations for reforming the bail system and alleviating the mass incarceration problem.
Author | : American Bar Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 151 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : Criminal justice, Administration of |
ISBN | : 9781570737138 |
"Project of the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, Criminal Justice Section"--T.p. verso.
Author | : Frederick T. Davis |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2019-07-25 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108493203 |
Provides a comprehensive, readable overview of how criminal justice actually works in the United States, and what makes US procedures distinctive and important.
Author | : John Davison Lawson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 896 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Crime |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David W. Neubauer |
Publisher | : Wadsworth Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780495809364 |
Open this book and step into America's court system! With Neubauer and Fradella's best-selling text, you will see for yourself what it is like to be a judge, a prosecutor, a defense attorney, and more. This fascinating and well-researched text gives you a realistic sense of being in the courthouse--you will quickly gain an understanding of what it is like to work in and be a part of the American criminal justice system. This concept of the courthouse "players" makes it easy to understand each person's important role in bringing a case through the court process. Throughout the text, the authors highlight not only the pivotal role of the criminal courts but also the court's importance and impact on society as a whole.
Author | : Alison Burke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781636350684 |
Author | : Jonathan Simon |
Publisher | : The New Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1595587691 |
Mass Incarceration on Trial examines a series of landmark decisions about prison conditions-culminating in Brown v. Plata, decided in May 2011 by the U.S. Supreme Court-that has opened an unexpected escape route from this trap of "tough on crime" politics. This set of rulings points toward values that could restore legitimate order to American prisons and, ultimately, lead to the demise of mass incarceration. This book offers a provocative and brilliant reading to the end of mass incarceration.