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The Homicide Manifesto is a testament of Cpt. Jose 'Pepi' Granado's (Ret.) many years of service within the law enforcement community, especially his insights as an investigator and supervisor of various Homicide Units. It's meant to be used as a guide for new investigators, supervisors, students majoring in Criminal Justice, Law, or a University's curriculum. Additionally, this book is a source of information that can augment any in-service training...
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"You're Under Arrest"-words that nobody ever wants to hear. This book is designed to help the reader who is facing his or her first brush with the law by providing an overview of the criminal justice system and the people and procedures one may encounter along the way. The complexity of this unfortunate journey depends, in large part, upon the type and degree of the crime the individual is accused of committing. Thus, it is important to understand...
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Criminal procedure details the processes that exist when a person is found to be subject to some type of adjudication as a result of their actions. Criminal Procedure sets forth what steps must be followed pursuant to each type of criminal offense the prosecution of an accused must follow. A chart would help any individual in the criminal law arena to understand what procedures must be followed when someone is accused of a criminal act.
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Wrongful convictions aren't rare occurrences in the United States. In fact, between 1989 and 2019, over 2,000 people were exonerated, according to public records. Author Annette Choy delves into how this happens in a modern justice system.
A Wrongful Eye sheds light on unconscious biases that affect decisions and perspectives on criminal cases in the US. You'll read about 11 wrongful conviction cases including:
• Huwe Burton, a 16-year-old boy,...
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In the American criminal justice system thousands of men and women who have broken no laws have been put away and forgotten. Many of these inmates are talented individuals who have contributed much to society. Doctors, artists, professors, businessmen, philanthropists, musicians, attorneys, and people of many other professions, have been wrongly accused and convicted. These men and women ran businesses, employed workers, paid taxes, provided health...
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El presente trabajo pretende exponer y reflexionar sobre una situación crítica, que se pone de manifiesto en el desarrollo de algunos procesos penales en Argentina, en los que el lapso de tiempo existente entre la comisión de los hechos y la sentencia firme, es extremadamente extenso.
Este ensayo se focaliza en el problema de los procesos penales extensos como lo fueron la venta de armas argentinas a Ecuador y Croacia, la venta del predio de la...
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A form of subtle vigilantism threatens to undermine the justice system and is eroding community trust in law enforcement.
A pervasive and destructive problem is afflicting our current justice system, eroding community confidence in law enforcement. "Shadow vigilantism" is a vicious cycle in which ordinary people, as well as criminal justice officials, are so fed up with the system's failures that they distort and subvert the system to force it to...
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¿Pueden las imágenes incidir en la historia? ¿Son fieles evidencia del pasado? Esta compilación aparece frente al renovado interés de la disciplina histórica y las ciencias humanas por interpretar las fuentes visuales como producciones intencionalmente elaboradas y difundidas tanto en momentos como en espacios particulares. Alejándose de la vista inocente y contemplativa, los autores del libro proponen, desde sus contribuciones, situar la...
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It was September 18, 2001, just seven days after al-Qaeda hijackers destroyed the Twin Towers. In the early morning darkness, a lone figure dropped several letters into a mailbox. Seventeen days later a Florida journalist died of inhalational anthrax. The death from the rare disease made world news. These anthrax attacks marked the first time a sophisticated biological weapon was released in the United States. It killed five people, disfigured at...
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Este libro analiza la transformación del campo del control del crimen en las ciudades latinoamericanas contemporáneas. A partir de la experiencia colombiana, se muestra cómo las "viejas costumbres" latinoamericanas de gobierno del crimen, ligadas a la fuerza, la represión y el uso del aparato penal, se fortalecieron. Asimismo, se enseña cómo surgieron "nuevas costumbres" centradas en la prevención estatal, privada e individual del crimen. Las...
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This book was written for any person who serves or will serve in any capacity of Law Enforcement in Florida to use as a guide to understand the Criminal Law Statues that are dealt with daily, by Florida Law Enforcement Officers. It also for the average Person who wishes to gain a direct understanding and knowledge of certain Florida Criminal Law Violations and Statues.
It provides a good understanding of not just how the Statues are written,...
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El trabajo aborda la descripción y análisis de la diligencia de entrada y registro en nuestro país con relación a la los derechos humanos y derechos fundamentales, tomando en consideración que la inviolabilidad del domicilio es un derecho fundamental que cede ante el interés general al permitirse la vía investigadora al juez mediante la diligencia de entrada y registro practicada conforme a lo establecido en la Constitución y la Ley de Enjuiciamiento...
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Murder has been considered the most heinous and unforgivable sin yet it has become the most fascinating to mankind due to its implications. In this you'll learn the history of murder, how to defend yourself if charged with it as well as constitutional violations usually standardized such as felony murder and malice murder being multiplicities.
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A recent study estimates that thousands of innocent people are wrongfully imprisoned each year in the United States. Some are exonerated through DNA evidence, but many more languish in prison because their convictions were based on faulty eyewitness accounts and no DNA is available. Prominent criminal lawyer and law professor Abbe Smith weaves together real life cases to show what it is like to champion the rights of the accused. Smith describes the...
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Self-Help Guides to the Law™ explain the law in clear, concise terms to a popular audience of non-lawyers. Summarizing the key areas of the law with which readers are most likely to come into contact, the Guides broadly outline the statutes and cases that govern landlord-tenant relations, personal injury, contracts, family law, criminal law and constitutional law and procedure.
With detailed references to sources for readers wishing to delve deeper,...
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With a new afterword from the authors, the critically praised indictment of widely embraced "alternatives to incarceration"
Electronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But in a searing, "cogent critique" (Library Journal), Maya Schenwar and...
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A provocative and timely exploration of how plea bargaining prevents true criminal justice reform and how we can fix it
When Americans think of the criminal justice system, the image that comes to mind is a trial-a standard courtroom scene with a defendant, attorneys, a judge, and most important, a jury. It's a fair assumption. The right to a trial by jury is enshrined in both the body of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It's supposed...
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When police are called in to investigate a crime, what powers and limitations apply to them? What are their rights to question strangers, search without warrants, or detain individuals who might become suspects? Crime Scene Investigations breaks down the Supreme Court's decisions on questions like these into clear and practical terms. Police need to be vigilant, since the line between a lawful search and an improper one can be dangerously thin, and...
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The old approaches to fighting crime just aren't working. Two thirds of people released from prison commit another crime within two years. In Smart on Crime, career prosecutor Kamala D. Harris shatters the old distinctions, rooted in false choices and myths, and offers a compelling argument for how to make the criminal justice system truly, not just rhetorically, tough. Harris spells out the necessary shifts that will increase public safety, reduce...