International Criminal Law provides a set of teaching materials furnishing students with a grounding in the transnational issues likely to arise in federal criminal cases, and also in the law produced as a consequence of international efforts to impose criminal responsibility on the perpetrators of human rights atrocities.
The goal in an interrogation, or in any situation where a person with information might be uncooperative, is to effect a transition in willingness — ethically and legally. This book demonstrates to interviewers the fundamentals of effective inquiry.
This book offers a new kind of introduction to criminal justice—a lively, evocative text built around and enlivened by the lived experiences of those who, by choice or not, are heavily involved in the criminal justice system.
Introduction to Policing: The Pillar of Democracy is an introductory textbook focused on the underlying reasons why policing is conducted the way it is, why police officers police the society in the manner they do, and, finally, why law enforcement is perceived and criticized by the public the way it is.
Juvenile Delinquency and Justice in the United States recognizes both the distinction and overlap between the subjects of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice.
Organized around the criminal court process, the second edition of Law, Social Science, and the Criminal Courts is substantially updated and includes new court decisions and scholarly works that explore legal and social science issues arising in pretrial, trial, and sentencing proceedings.
This volume is a companion to Lawlemmas: In Search of Principled Choices in Law, Justice, and Life, and lays bare the law at the foundation of the plot lines and major issues explored therein.
This book offers a series of interrelated narrative essays that rely on fictional characters to confront readers with challenging issues of law and justice, issues that demand careful analysis and lend themselves to elegant, although disputable, resolution.
Maryland’s Criminal Justice System provides an overview and understanding of the unique political and cultural character of the Maryland criminal justice system and its relationship with the local community.
This book introduces students to the beginnings of policing and how it has developed into multi-jurisdictional agencies, and recounts the history of the department of corrections and the various levels of the court system in Massachusetts.