Wrongful Imprisonment

Mistaken Convictions and their Consequences
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-37686-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 242 mm x 160 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1973, Wrongful Imprisonment aims to combine the human interest of individual cases of wrongful imprisonment with a general analysis of how and why they occur. It deals in detail with the English system, but also provides comparisons with Scotland, France, and the United States. The authors spent three years collecting material from newspaper reports, trial transcripts, books, lawyers, the Home Office and – most important – interviews with the persons concerned. As a result, they have been able to analyse objectively the existing system of justice; they have isolated and identified the areas in which the system is at fault, and the successive hazards which may confront the innocent man suspected of a criminal offence; they have also revealed the many obstacles which have to be overcome by the wrongfully imprisoned man seeking to establish his innocence and regain his liberty. This topical and convincingly argued book should appeal not only to students of law and sociology, or to lawyers, policemen, criminals, and others involved in the system of criminal justice, but also to the man in the Wormwood Scrubs omnibus.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davies, Christie

Brandon, Ruth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Allgemeines Prozessrecht, Kostenrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Antidiskriminierung (AGG), Gleichbehandlung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Ethische Themen & Debatten: Todesstrafe
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements 1. Wrongful Imprisonment? 2. Identification Evidence 3. Confessions and Statements 4. Trial Proceedings 5. Witnesses Credible and Incredible 6. How They Got Off 7. Consequences 8. The French System 9. The American Experience 10. Scales of Injustice Epilogue Appendix Reference Notes Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ruth Brandon and Christie Davies