(Ebook) Law and Courts Current Perspective from InfoTrac 1st Edition by George Ackerman ISBN 978-0495912330 0495912336

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ISBN 10: 0495912336

ISBN 13:  978-0495912330

Author: George Ackerman 

Save time, save money, and eliminate the trek to the library and long waits for reserved readings with INFOTRAC College Edition, an online database of more than 5,000 academic and popular magazines, newspapers, and journals. Edited by an expert in the field, LAW AND COURTS: CURRENT PERSPECTIVES FROM INFOTRAC focuses on Law, Courts, and Criminal Procedure.

Table of contents: 

Part I: Overview of Law and Courts

1.Redefining Criminal Courts: Problem-Solving and the Meaning of Justice JAMES L. NOLAN JR.

2.Conference Report: New York City's Criminal Courts: Are We Achieving Justice?

MARTHA RAYNER

3.The Criminalization of Poverty

KAARYN GUSTAFSON

Part II: Courts, Crime and Controversy

4.When Procedure Trumps Justice

BENNETT L. GERSHMAN

5.Investigating the "CSI Effect" Effect: Media and Litigation Crisis in Criminal Law SIMON A. COLE, RACHEL DIOSO-VILLA

Part III: Law and Crime

6. Crime Data THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

7.Intermet Fraud on the Rise: Spike in Intermet Crime Complaints Concerns U.S. Law Enforcement CYNTHIA G. WAGNER

8.Deterrence in a Sea of "Just Deserts": Are Utilitarian Goals Achievableina World of "Limiting Retributivism?"

MATTHEW HAIST

Part IV: Federal and State Courts

9.Threats to the Rule of Law: State Courts, Public Expectations and Political Attitudes

MARGARET H. MARSHALL

Getting Ternor's Number

JAMES J. ROTH

Part V: Civil Law

11.Charges are Enough to Create Standing

LEO STRUPCZEWSKI

Part VI:Criminal Courts - Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys

12.Prosecutor's Enors Bring New Trial on 1993 Verdict JOEL STASHENKO

13.Drawing the Line: Court Looks Again at How Much Immunity Prosecutors Have

JOHN GIBEAUT

14.Fashioning a Top Career: Prosecutor's Memoir Details Work from Watergate to the 9/11 Probe BARBARA ROSE

15."A Prosecutor is a Lawyer with Convictions" JOSEPH I. CASSILLY

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