Criminal Law
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Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial
$43.93 Add to cartBased on first-hand interviews with victims, offenders, and others on the frontlines, Indictment puts the Canadian criminal justice system on trial and proposes a bold new vision of transformative jus
- Author: Perrin, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1487506279
- Language: English
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Criminal Justice: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe criminal justice system is wide ranging; from the crimes themselves and policing to the sentencing of offenders and prisons. In this Very Short Introduction Julian V. Roberts draws upon the latest… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Roberts, Julian V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 01 2015
- ISBN10: 198716494
- Language: English
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Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas about Justice
$34.98 Read moreHow to envision a justice system that combines the least possible punishment with the greatest possible healing, from an all-star cast of contributors
“An extraordinary and long overdue collection off- Author: Travis, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1620977559
- Language: English
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The Conspiracy Trial of the Chicago Seven
$23.00 Add to cartIn 1969, the Chicago Seven were charged with intent to “incite, organize, promote, and encourage” antiwar riots during the chaotic 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The defendants includ
- Author: Schultz, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 04 2020
- ISBN10: 022676074X
- Language: English
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The Devil’s Advocates: Greatest Closing Arguments in Criminal Law
$26.99 Add to cart
The Final Volume in a Must-Have Trilogy of the Best Closing Arguments in American Legal History
In The Devil’s Advocates, Michael S. Lief and H. Mitchell Caldwell turn to the dramatic crimes and tria… [more below]- Author: Lief, Michael S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0743246691
- Language: English
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The War on Kids: How American Juvenile Justice Lost Its Way
$31.99 Add to cartIn 2003, when Terrence Graham was sixteen, he and three other teens attempted to rob a barbeque restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida. Though they left with no money, and no one was seriously injured, T… [more below]
- Author: Drinan, Cara H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0190605553
- Language: English
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Gabriel Lock: Bound by Law
$28.67 Add to cartWe first meet Gabriel when he is packing up his things and resigning from the State Attorney’s Office to join his father’s civil law firm. As he’s leaving, he tells a colleague that he doesn’t want to… [more below]
- Author: Cancio, D. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: August 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1962825221
- Language: English
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Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics
$37.43 Add to cartThis book exposes the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we rely on for criminal convictions.
“That’s not my fingerprint, your honor,” said the defendant, after FBI experts reported a “100-pe
- Author: Garrett, Brandon L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 23 2021
- ISBN10: 520379330
- Language: English
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In Good Hands: Investigating Death, Mystery, and the Lessons of Broken Trust in One Family Day Care
$29.99 Add to cartWhen In Good Hands won The American Society of Journalists and Authors book award for general nonfiction, the judges called it “riveting reading!”
It’s a medical and psychological mystery story with i
- Author: Hechler, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988257813
- Language: English
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What We Know: Solutions from Our Experiences in the Justice System
$31.48 Read more“This is what we know, and we know it better than anyone else.” –from the introduction by Vivian Nixon and Daryl V. Atkinson
A thoughtful and surprising cornucopia of ideas for improving America’s cr
- Author: Nixon, Vivian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1620975297
- Language: English
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Interviewing and Interrogation: A Review of Research and Practice Since World War II
$55.00 Add to cartThe science of interviewing and interrogation has continuously evolved since World War II, through the contributions by experts from around the world, from different legal systems and traditions. But
- Author: Oxburgh, Gavin E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 594
- Publish Date: November 03 2023
- ISBN10: 8283482009
- Language: English
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Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments
$20.00 Add to cartDominick Dunne’s mesmerizing tales of justice denied and justice affirmed.
For more than two decades, Vanity Fair published Dominick Dunne’s brilliant, revelatory chronicles of the most famous crimes,- Author: Dunne, Dominick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 14, 2002
- ISBN10: 0609809636
- Language: English
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Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution
$14.00 Add to cartWith a history marked by incompetence, political maneuvering, and secrecy, America’s “most humane” execution method is anything but.
From the beginning of the Republic, this country has struggled to r
- Author: Sarat, Austin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1503633535
- Language: English
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The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-Up in Oakland
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the Polk Award-winning investigative duo comes “a meticulously researched and enraging account” (Shane Bauer, New York Times bestselling author) of the systematic corruption and brutality within … [more below]
- Author: Winston, Ali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1982168609
- Language: English
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Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
$19.99 Add to cartFrom a prize-winning Harvard legal scholar, “a damning portrait” (New York Review of Books) of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals
Punishment Without Crime- Author: Natapoff, Alexandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1541603605
- Language: English
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Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death
$10.99 Add to cartFrom #1 New York Times bestselling true-crime author Ann Rule comes “a convincing portrait of a meticulous criminal mind” (The Washington Post) in this chilling tale about a beautiful and charming wid… [more below]
- Author: Rule, Ann
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 447
- Publish Date: October 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0743410130
- Language: English
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The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided
$19.00 Add to cartThe harrowing true story of a cold-blooded murder and the campaign to bring justice to a suffering Midwestern town
On a November night in 1990, Cathy Robertson is murdered in her home outside Chillico- Author: Cooper, Sean Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0143135449
- Language: English
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Criminology for Dummies
$29.99 Add to cartExplore the world of crime and punishment
Police, forensics, and detective stories dominate our TV screens and bookshelves–from fictional portrayals such as Silence of the Lambs and Law and Order to
- Author: Briggs, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1119773199
- Language: English
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The Drug DUI Handbook
$24.95 Add to cartIn the driving under the influence (DUI) context it is conceded that drugs, illegal and those prescribed by a physician, may impair perception, memory, judgment, motor skills, and the ability to opera… [more below]
- Author: Jolly, David N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: September 22 2011
- ISBN10: 1432777645
- Language: English
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Shapeshifting for Law Enforcement CNT/HNT: Effective Scenario Training for Crisis/Hostage Negotiation Teams
$70.60 Add to cartHostage negotiation is one of the most remarkable areas of law enforcement. Through a combination of tactical communication, empathic connection and, at times, subterfuge, negotiators persuade despera
- Author: Amdur, Ellis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: April 05 2019
- ISBN10: 998522465
- Language: English
