The innocent and the criminal justice system : a sociological analysis of miscarriages of justice / Michael Naughton, Reader in Sociology and Law, University of Bristol, UK.
Material type: TextPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, [2013]Description: xii, 268 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0230216900
- 9780230216907
- 0230216919
- 9780230216914
- Innocent & the criminal justice system : a sociological analysis of miscarriages of justice [Cover title]
- 347.42012 23
- KD8464 .N38 2013
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. The nature and causes of miscarriages of justice and abortions of justice -- Perspectives and definitions -- The key causes of abortions of justice -- The key causes of miscarriages of justice -- Part II. The limits of the criminal justice system in dealing with claims of innocence -- The parole board -- The court of appeal (criminal division) -- The criminal cases review commission -- Part III. The harmful consequences of wrongful convictions and the limits of redress -- Victimology -- Compensation -- Part IV. Conclusion -- Troubleshooting the black spots of the criminal justice system.
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 347.42012 NAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A499925B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Part I. The nature and causes of miscarriages of justice and abortions of justice -- Perspectives and definitions -- The key causes of abortions of justice -- The key causes of miscarriages of justice -- Part II. The limits of the criminal justice system in dealing with claims of innocence -- The parole board -- The court of appeal (criminal division) -- The criminal cases review commission -- Part III. The harmful consequences of wrongful convictions and the limits of redress -- Victimology -- Compensation -- Part IV. Conclusion -- Troubleshooting the black spots of the criminal justice system.
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