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  • Framing Law and Crime

    An Interdisciplinary Anthology

    par Stefan Machura, Susan Boyd, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Orit Kamir, Peter Robson, Mathieu Deflem, John Denvir, Naomi Mezey, Mark C. Niles, Farah Britto, Anders Petersen, Jon Frauley, Steve Greenfield, Matthew Sorrento, Majid Yar ...
    Collections series The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities
    This cutting-edge edited collection brings together 17 scholarly essays on two of cinema and television’s most enduring and powerful themes: law and crime. With contributions by many of the most prominent scholars in law, sociology, criminology, and film, Framing Law and Crime offers a critical survey of a variety of genres and media, integrating descriptions of technique with critical analysis, ... En savoir plus

    $84.99 CAD

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  • The Esperanza Fire

    Arson, Murder, and the Agony of Engine 57

    par John N. Maclean ...
    A wildfire that stunned the nation. A trial that made history. This is not just the story of a fire—it’s the story of how justice flickered to life in the ashes.In the early morning hours of October 26, 2006, a wall of fire exploded across a dry California ridge—consuming everything in its path, including the five-man Forest Service crew of Engine 57. What began as a brush fire became a national ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

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    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • Blackfoot Redemption

    A Blood Indian's Story of Murder, Confinement, and Imperfect Justice

    par William E. Farr ...
    In 1879, a Canadian Blackfoot known as Spopee, or Turtle, shot and killed a white man. Captured as a fugitive, Spopee narrowly escaped execution, instead landing in an insane asylum in Washington, D.C., where he fell silent. Spopee thus “disappeared” for more than thirty years, until a delegation of American Blackfeet discovered him and, aided by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, exacted a ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Court of Last Resort

    The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted

    par Erle Stanley Gardner ...
    Edgar Award Winner: True stories of miscarriages of justice, legal battles, and landmark reversals, by the creator of Perry Mason.In 1945, Erle Stanley Gardner, noted attorney and author of the popular Perry Mason mysteries, was contacted by an overwhelmed California public defender who believed his doomed client was innocent. William Marvin Lindley had been convicted of the rape and murder of a ... En savoir plus

    $11.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • Law Street

    America’S Dysfunctional and Sometimes Corrupt Legal System

    par Wim J.M. Touw ...
    The American legal system is far from perfect. High standards of fairness and equal justice for all are lacking, and conflicts of interest are an integral part of the systems practitioners. In Law Street, author Wim J.M. Touw discusses the ills of the American legal system and investigates the roots of its dysfunction.In his analysis Touw argues that American lawyers have lost their moral and ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Mouthpiece

    A Life in -- and Sometimes Just Outside -- the Law

    par Edward Hayes, Susan Lehman ...
    From prosecuting (and defending) murderers in the Bronx to handling the public and private problems of Manhattan’s elite, Mouthpiece recounts the colorful adventures of New York City’s ultimate legal operator.“In the pages before us, the Counselor tells a saga’s worth of tales of the city. As the saying goes, he’s got a million of them.” —Tom Wolfe, from his IntroductionEdward Hayes is that ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Restorative Justice

    Ideas, Values, Debates

    par Gerry Johnstone ...
    Restorative justice is one of the most talked about developments in the field of crime and justice. Its advocates and practitioners argue that state punishment, society's customary response to crime, neither meets the needs of crime victims nor prevents reoffending. In its place, they suggest, should be restorative justice, in which families and communities of offenders encourage them to take ... En savoir plus

    $107.99 CAD

  • Uncertain Justice

    Canadian Women and Capital Punishment, 1754-1953

    par F. Murray Greenwood, Beverley Boissery ...
    In 1754 Eleanor Powers was hung for a murder committed during a botched robbery. She was the first woman condemned to die in Canada, but would not be the last.In Uncertain Justice, Beverley Boissery and Murray Greenwood portray a cast of women characters almost as often wronged by the law as they have wronged society. Starting with the Powers trial and continuing to the not-too-distant past, the ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Trading Democracy for Justice

    Criminal Convictions and the Decline of Neighborhood Political Participation

    par Traci Burch ...
    Collections series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    The United States imprisons far more people, total and per capita, and at a higher rate than any other country in the world. Among the more than 1.5 million Americans currently incarcerated, minorities and the poor are disproportionately represented. What’s more, they tend to come from just a few of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the country. While the political costs of this phenomenon ... En savoir plus

    $34.99 CAD

  • Criminal Justice, Mental Health and the Politics of Risk

    Modifié par Nicola S. Gray, Judith M. Laing, Lesley Noaks ...
    Criminal Justice, Mental Health and the Politics of Risk addresses the important issues which lie at the forefront of decision making and policy in criminal justice and health care. The book brings together several perpectives from a number of distinguished academic lawyers, criminologists, psychologists and psychiatrists. It is multi-disciplinary in its approach and is jointly edited by a lawyer, ... En savoir plus

    $182.75 CAD

  • Policing and Human Rights

    The Meaning of Violence and Justice in the Everyday Policing of Johannesburg

    par Julia Hornberger ...
    Collections series Law, Development and Globalization
    Policing and Human Rights analyses the implementation of human rights standards, tracing them from the nodal points of their production in Geneva, through the board rooms of national police management and training facilities, to the streets of downtown Johannesburg. This book deals with how the unprecedented influence of human rights, combined with the inability by police officers to ‘live up’ to ... En savoir plus

    $114.99 CAD

  • Toward a Prosecutor for the European Union Volume 1

    A Comparative Analysis

    Modifié par Professor Katalin Ligeti ...
    Collections series Modern Studies in European Law
    In an era in which the EU's influence in criminal law matters has expanded rapidly, attention has recently turned to the possible creation of a European Public Prosecutor's Office. This two volume work presents the results of a study carried out by a group of European criminal law experts in 2010-2012, with the financial support of the EU Commission, whose aims were to examine in detail current ... En savoir plus

    $241.99 CAD