This book advances the idea that in addition to rhetorical affirmation of democratic ideals, a greater demonstrable commitment to and compliance with democratic and constitutional rights and values (including acknowledgement of the antithetical relationship between violence and democracy and a commitment to nonviolence) is arguably the most effective preventive measure against the threat of violence in our contemporary world.
Influenced by theories and concepts found in environmental criminology, the field of crime science has proven to be a unique and useful approach in understanding and preventing crime. This book applies these principles and techniques to the study, analysis, and prevention of wildlife crime. With this book, William Moreto and Stephen Pires present the first complete book addressing wildlife crime from an environmental criminology and crime science perspective.
The newly updated, revised second edition of Wrongful Conviction addresses and incorporates numerous highly significant developments involving data, law, social science research, and the forensic sciences that relate to wrongful convictions in the American system of justice and that have occurred since the first edition was published in 2011.