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  • Unthinkable

    Who Kills Their Grandmother?

    de James W. Marquart ...
    It was a warm, still, July summer night in 2014, when an 85-year-old woman, a beloved grandmother and neighbor, was viciously murdered by someone who slipped quietly into her bedroom and slit her throat and watched her bleed to death in less than a minute.Who committed this awful murder, how, and why? The perpetrator of this horrible crime was the woman's own grandson, an adored and trusted family ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Deadly Consequences

    The Unintended Impact of Sentencing Reforms on California County Jails

    de Jonathan W. Caudill, Chad R. Trulson, James W. Marquart, Matt DeLisi ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book investigates the unintended and deadly consequences of criminal justice reforms through observing the effects of prison depopulation sentencing reform on county jails. This mixed-methods case study explores how California’s sentencing reform efforts in 2011 (Assembly Bill 109) and 2014 (Proposition 47) to depopulate California state prisons impacted California county jail inmate culture ... Leer más

    $107.99 USD

  • The Rope, The Chair, and the Needle

    Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990

    de James W. Marquart, Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Jonathan R. Sorensen ...
    In late summer 1923, legal hangings in Texas came to an end, and the electric chair replaced the gallows. Of 520 convicted capital offenders sentenced to die between 1923 and 1972, 361 were actually executed, thus maintaining Texas’ traditional reputation as a staunch supporter of capital punishment.This book is the single most comprehensive examination to date of capital punishment in any one ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • An Appeal to Justice

    Litigated Reform of Texas Prisons

    de Ben M. Crouch, James W. Marquart ...
    How does a prison achieve institutional order while safeguarding prisoners' rights? Since the early 1960s, prison reform advocates have aggressively used the courts to extend rights and improve life for inmates, while prison administrators have been slow to alter the status quo. Litigated reform has been the most significant force in obtaining change.An Appeal to Justice is a critical tudy of how ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • First Available Cell

    Desegregation of the Texas Prison System

    de Chad R. Trulson, James W. Marquart ...
    Decades after the U.S. Supreme Court and certain governmental actions struck down racial segregation in the larger society, American prison administrators still boldly adhered to discriminatory practices. Not until 1975 did legislation prohibit racial segregation and discrimination in Texas prisons. However, vestiges of this practice endured behind prison walls. Charting the transformation from ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • Lost Causes

    Blended Sentencing, Second Chances, and the Texas Youth Commission

    de Chad R. Trulson, Darin R. Haerle, Jonathan W. Caudill, Matt DeLisi ...
    What should be done with minors who kill, maim, defile, and destroy the lives of others? The state of Texas deals with some of its most serious and violent youthful offenders through “determinate sentencing,” a unique sentencing structure that blends parts of the juvenile and adult justice systems. Once adjudicated via determinate sentencing, offenders are first incarcerated in the Texas Youth ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • The Victimization of Children

    Emerging Issues

    de Janet Mullings, James Marquart, Deborah Hartley ...
    Explore current social developments, issues, and controversies concerning young victims!The Victimization of Children: Emerging Issues keeps students and practitioners working with young victims on the cutting edge of the latest research developments regarding crimes against children. Leading experts from the legal, medical, and sociological communities explore some of the most urgent issues ... Leer más

    $99.99 USD

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  • Gender Issues, Sex Offenses, and Criminal Justice

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    de Janine Chaneles ...
    Here is a powerful look at gender issues in the criminal justice system, particularly as gender is related to sex offenses and the system’s response to those offenses. Experts examine inmate sexual aggression, gender disparity in bail setting, racial patterns of rape, the female offender’s adjustment to prison life, the psychological profile of female first offenders, and the self-image of ... Leer más

    $59.99 USD

  • Witness to a Trial

    A Short Story Prequel to The Whistler

    de John Grisham ...
    AN ORIGINAL E-SHORT • This prequel to John Grisham’s #1 New York Times bestseller The Whistler delivers a startling and original courtroom drama.In one small-town courthouse, the stakes are unbearably high for nearly everyone present: A judge presiding over his first murder trial. A defense attorney in over his head. A prosecutor out for blood and glory. The accused, who is possibly innocent. And ... Leer más

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  • Ultimate Punishment

    A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty

    de Scott Turow ...
    The #1 New York Times -bestselling legal thriller writer delivers "the most convincing, levelheaded analysis of [the death penalty] I have encountered" ( The Washington Post ).Scott Turow is known to millions as the author of peerless novels about the troubling regions of experience where law and reality intersect. In "real life," as a respected criminal lawyer, he has been involv... ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Forensic Psychology and Law

    de Ronald Roesch, Patricia A. Zapf, Stephen D. Hart ...
    Praise for Forensic Psychology and Law"In Forensic Psychology and Law, three internationally known experts provide exceptional coverage of a wide array of topics that address both the clinical applications of forensic psychology and the role of psychological science in understanding and evaluating legal assumptions and processes."—Norman Poythress, PhD, Research Director and Professor, Louis de la ... Leer más

    $108.00 USD

  • Unmasked

    My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

    de Paul Holes ...
    **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**"It’s a mark of the highest honor when I say it’s even more riveting than an episode of 'Dateline'."**—The New York TimesFrom Paul Holes, the detective who found the Golden State Killer, Unmasked is a memoir that "grabs its reader in a stranglehold and proves more fascinating than fiction and darker than any noir narrative." (LA Magazine)**I order an... ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD