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Victim Impact Statements And Sentencing, Sam Garkawe
Victim Impact Statements And Sentencing, Sam Garkawe
Associate Professor Sam Garkawe
Legislation allowing for victim impact statements ('VIS') to be presented during sentencing hearings has been introduced into the criminal justice systems of most common law nations, notwithstanding many reservations from defence lawyers and civil libertarians. Despite such legislation being widespread throughout the common law world, the use of VIS remains controversial. The main purpose of this article is to utilise basic sentencing principles in order to critically analyse the question of whether, and if so, to what extent, VIS are relevant to an offender's sentence. In such cases adequate procedural safeguards need to be instituted to ensure that offender's rights …
The People V. Orenthal James Simpson: Race And Trial Advocacy, Angela Davis
The People V. Orenthal James Simpson: Race And Trial Advocacy, Angela Davis
Angela J Davis
This chapter focuses on the trial story behind the high profile case of People v. Orenthal James Simpson. As the author points out, the Simpson case focused attention on some of the most important issues in the criminal justice system, including class and race disparities, DNA evidence, and police perjury. The author here focuses on the issue of race--its significance in the trial and how it affected the advocacy of the lawyers. She discusses the emotional conflicts over race within the defense and prosecution teams and compares and contrasts the approaches that each side ultimately decided to take. The author …
When Good Prosectuors Go Bad: From Prosecutorial Discretion To Prosecutorial Misconduct, Angela Davis
When Good Prosectuors Go Bad: From Prosecutorial Discretion To Prosecutorial Misconduct, Angela Davis
Angela J Davis
No abstract provided.
Criminal Profiling In The Courtrooms: Behavioural Investigative Advice Or Bad Character Evidence?, Gareth Norris, Wayne Petherick
Criminal Profiling In The Courtrooms: Behavioural Investigative Advice Or Bad Character Evidence?, Gareth Norris, Wayne Petherick
Wayne Petherick
Criminal profiling has received considerable attention from media sources; sufficiently so to allow it to enter into public folklore as a viable investigative technique. It has also attracted considerable attention from the academic community in the form of journal articles and books, and from the professional community in the form of profiling organizations and the establishment of formal profiling units within police agencies. Despite what would appear to be almost universal acclaim, the practice has met with less favorable reviews by the legal communities whom it is also intended to serve. Notably, it has come under fire for its lack …
Integrating Professional And Personal Values, R. Michael Cassidy
Integrating Professional And Personal Values, R. Michael Cassidy
R. Michael Cassidy
No abstract provided.
Faculty Colloquia, Fall 2008 Series, Anne Coughlin, Amanda Frost, David Herring, Gregory Klass, Juan Perea
Faculty Colloquia, Fall 2008 Series, Anne Coughlin, Amanda Frost, David Herring, Gregory Klass, Juan Perea
Juan F. Perea
No abstract provided.
North Richland Hills Police Department Panelist, Charlotte Hughart
North Richland Hills Police Department Panelist, Charlotte Hughart
Charlotte Hughart
No abstract provided.
Virtue And Criminal Punishment, R. Michael Cassidy
Virtue And Criminal Punishment, R. Michael Cassidy
R. Michael Cassidy
No abstract provided.
Challenges To Criminal Law Making In The New Global Information Society: A Critical Comparative Study Of The Adequacies Of Computer-Related Criminal Legislation In The United States, The United Kingdom And Singapore, Kam Wai, Warren Bartholomew Chik
Challenges To Criminal Law Making In The New Global Information Society: A Critical Comparative Study Of The Adequacies Of Computer-Related Criminal Legislation In The United States, The United Kingdom And Singapore, Kam Wai, Warren Bartholomew Chik
Warren Bartholomew Chik
No abstract provided.
Foundations Of American Criminal Due Process, Frank Herrmann, Brownlow Speer
Foundations Of American Criminal Due Process, Frank Herrmann, Brownlow Speer
Frank R. Herrmann, S.J.
No abstract provided.
Om Erotik, Makt Och Sexualbrottens Sexualitet, Linnéa Wegerstad
Om Erotik, Makt Och Sexualbrottens Sexualitet, Linnéa Wegerstad
Linnéa Wegerstad
On Erotic, Power, and the Sexuality of Sexual Offenses In this chapter, I examine the concept of sexual offenses in Swedish criminal law: How is the sexuality of sexual offenses constructed? The material analyzed consists of preparatory works and case law on sexual offenses. Inspired by law professor Katherine M. Franke, the analysis is theoretically grounded in two diverse understandings of sexuality: Sexuality as erotic and sexuality as a dense transfer point for relations of power. In the article I argue that the sexuality of sexual offenses – such as it is constructed in Swedish criminal law on sexual offences …