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2018.
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416 pages ; 20 cm.
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"These oddball stories about real-life crimes will make you shake your head. Loaded with dozens of entertaining and amusing articles about actual crimes, this latest book from Portable Press will definitely leave you scratching your head. Dumb crooks, celebrities gone bad, unsolved mysteries, odd laws, and more--Strange Crime has plenty of stories that will make you ask yourself, "What could they possibly have been thinking?" This easily portable...
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Drawing on his personal fascinating story as a prosecutor, a defendant, and an observer of the legal process, Paul Butler offers a sharp and engaging critique of our criminal justice system. He argues against discriminatory drug laws and excessive police power and shows how our policy of mass incarceration erodes communities and perpetuates crime. Controversially, he supports jury nullification--or voting "not guilty" out of principle--as a way for...
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The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague. In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously...
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With the popularity of crime dramas like CSI focusing on forensic science, and increasing numbers of police and prosecutors making wide-spread use of DNA, high-tech science seems to have become the handmaiden of law enforcement. But this is a myth,asserts law professor and nationally known expert on police profiling David A. Harris. In fact, most of law enforcement does not embrace science-it rejects it instead, resisting it vigorously. The question...
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El sistema penitenciario en Colombia en particular, y el sistema jurídico en general, son considerados por legos y expertos como claros ejemplos del divorcio entre lo que dice el papel y lo que se constata en la práctica. A partir de esta historia inédita del surgimiento de instituciones tales como la pena de prisión, el ejercito permanente, la policía, las leyes de orden público y el banco nacional, el autor identifica la estructura de los...
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It is easy to get a criminal record. Simply being accused of a crime will lead to police making a record (usually called incident or occurrence report) of the event, even if no charges are laid. And if police do decide to lay charges, which they will do if they have the slightest belief that the person is guilty, fingerprints and photographs are taken. These become a criminal record, even if the charge may not result in conviction, if the person is...
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In coffee shops, convenience stores, and courthouses across the country, Americans are struggling to agree on why the justice system they have is not the justice system they want. Dramatically different experiences with it frustrate every attempt at a common description of the problem, and the grim consensus that filling prisons and detention centers is almost no one's goal gives no hint to what the solution could be. But recently, analyses such as...
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The intersection of the criminal justice system and a behavioral health crisis is a hard crossroads to navigate. Mental Health Criminal Defense: A Primer is here to teach you the basics so that you, or someone you love, can understand how to use mental health related circumstances to prevail in a criminal case. Mental Health Criminal Defense: A Primer will teach you the terms and proceedings most often seen in mental health related cases, things that...
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Sarena Straus was a prosecutor in the Office of the Bronx District Attorney's office, one of approximately 400 Assistant District Attorneys working in the midst of an area of America with the highest crime and poverty rates. This book is about her experiences in combating crimes against women and children during a three-year stint with the Domestic Violence and Sex Crimes Unit, mostly prosecuting sex crimes against children. The literal and emotional...
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Wounded Eagle: The Politically Correct Seduction of the Law in Kentucky, is a journal describing to the circumstances, legal processes, and eventual outcomes impacting a dedicated group of individuals associated with a routine Title IX sexual harassment investigation conducted in February 2013. What follows is the account of a disturbing legal process that resulted in the charging and prosecution of six various staff members of a Kentucky At-Risk...
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An examination of the forces and events that led to the most successful organized crime control initiatives in American history
Since Prohibition, the Mafia has captivated the media and, indeed, the American imagination. From Al Capone to John Gotti, organized crime bosses have achieved notoriety as anti- heroes in popular culture. In practice, organized crime grew strong and wealthy by supplying illicit goods and services and by obtaining control...
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Fighting any false criminal allegation can cost a person potentially their life savings, reputation in the community, loss of friends, family, their career and ultimately their loss of freedom. From the time a criminal charge is laid, the process can last more than two years before a courts verdict is handed down. Witnesses and what they disclose to police can impact the final outcome of any investigation. If the information is considered deceptive...
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Des spécialistes du droit pénal se sont rassemblés pour traiter, dans un langage dépourvu de technicité juridique, les principales thématiques ayant trait au droit pénal et ce, tant du point de vue de l'organisation de la justice pénale que des questions qui lui sont soumises.
Sont abordés:
- Les homicides et coups et blessures involontaires;
- La protection de la jeunesse;
- Les infractions terroristes, thème éminemment d'actualité;
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El libro, es una juiciosa y amplia compilación de aportes de trece destacados juristas sobre los retos que afronta actualmente la responsabilidad civil, penal y laboral. Los directores de la publicación, el Dr. Billy Escobar Pérez, Decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y la Dra. Mónica Lucía Fernández, docente de la Facultad, han organizado un minucioso documento que integra en un conjunto coherente, el aporte de prestigiosos expertos nacionales...
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En este Manual se presenta en forma sintetizada la parte general del Derecho penal, que se dicta en los programas académicos de Derecho.
Se tiene la pretensión de desarrollar en su totalidad todas las materias que lo integran, haciendo el esfuerzo por aprovechar las escasas horas que se dictan en un semestre académico, las cuales, por regla general, resultan insuficientes.
Su exposición resumida, empero, no sacrifica el rigor con el que se deben...
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A collaboration between an attorney and an animal protection advocate, this work utilizes the extremely controversial and high-profile "crush video" case, US v. Stevens, to explore how American society attempts to balance the protection of free speech and the prevention of animal cruelty. Starting from the detailed case study of a single prominent ruling, the authors provide a masterful survey of important issues facing society in the area of animal...
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The author of “Ill-Gotten Gains” uses philosophy and psychology to examine how human behavior can be questioned under criminal law.
Henri plans a trek through the desert. Alphonse, intending to kill Henri, puts poison into his canteen. Gaston also intends to kill Henri but has no idea what Alphonse has been up to. He puncture's Henri's canteen, and Henri dies of thirst. Who has caused Henri's death? Was it Alphonse? Gaston? Or neither?
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19) Felony Murder
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The felony murder doctrine is one of the most widely criticized features of American criminal law. Legal scholars almost unanimously condemn it as irrational, concluding that it imposes punishment without fault and presumes guilt without proof. Despite this, the law persists in almost every U.S. jurisdiction. Felony Murder is the first book on this controversial legal doctrine. It shows that felony murder liability rests on a simple and powerful idea:...
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El libro documenta un hecho histórico nunca antes revelado en sus detalles: la estrategia que determinó la extradición del expresidente Alberto Fujimori al Perú. El relato se ubica entre los años 2005 y 2006, periodo en que Fujimori abandonó territorio japonés luego de casi cinco años de permanencia, para aterrizar intempestivamente en Chile el 6 de noviembre de 2005.
Al dejar su cómoda residencia en Japón, el entonces prófugo Fujimori...
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