Murder, Wrongful Conviction and the Law

An International Comparative Analysis
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-17033-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 416 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure

This collection brings together international experts to present a comparative analysis of wrongful conviction and criminal procedure. The volume takes an interdisciplinary approach with authors drawn from a broad range of backgrounds including law, psychology, forensics and journalism. All are experts in their field with direct experience of the investigation of wrongful conviction in their own countries. Focusing on the main areas of concern in their own jurisdiction, each author discusses common themes, including: the extent of the problem; the types of cases that feature in miscarriages of justice; the legal mechanism for the correction of a wrongful conviction; compensation for the wrongly convicted; public awareness and concern about the issue generally and in light of highprofile cases; and the extent to which wrongful conviction has driven criminal justice reform. The book will be essential reading for students, researchers and policy-makers interested in comparative law, criminology and psychology.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robins, Jon

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Kriminalpsychologie, Forensische Psychologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafverfahrens- und -prozessrecht, Strafverteidigung und Opferschutz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

A note on the book

Foreword

1 Miscarriages of justice in England and Wales

JON ROBINS

2 Miscarriages of justice in France

GRÉGOIRE ETRILLARD AND CYRILLE ROSSANT

3 Miscarriages of justice in Germany

FREDERICKE LEUSCHNER AND MARTIN RETTENBERGER

4 Miscarriages of justice in the Netherlands

LINDA GEVEN AND KARIEN VAN DEN DOEL

5 Miscarriages of justice in Norway

ULF STRIDBECK AND TIM BRENNEN

6 Miscarriages of justice in Sweden

MINNA GRÄNS

7 Miscarriages of justice in Italy

LUCA LUPÁRIA, MARTINA CAGOSSI AND MARCO PITTIRUTI

8 Miscarriages of justice in Spain

GUADALUPE BLANCO-VELASCO, NURIA SÁNCHEZ AND LINDA GEVEN

9 Miscarriages of justice in the United States

JUSTIN BROOKS

10 Miscarriages of justice in Argentina

MANUEL GARRIDO, CAMILA CALVO AND LARA BENÍTEZ

11 Miscarriages of justice in Canada

KENT ROACH AND FELICITY WILLIAMS

12 Miscarriages of justice in Australia

ROBYN BLEWER, LYNNE WEATHERED, RACHEL DIOSO-VILLA, AND JASON MURAKAMI

13 Miscarriages of justice in New Zealand

MIKE WHITE

14 Miscarriages of justice in Taiwan

MONG-HWA CHIN AND TZE-WEI LIN

15 An international perspective on miscarriages of justice

JAGO RUSSELL

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jon Robins is a lecturer in Criminology at Brighton University and a freelance journalist with over 25 years of experience of writing about criminal justice issues for national newspapers and magazines.