Wrongful conviction

Authors Acker and Redlich (criminal justice, U. at Albany) discuss law, science, and policy as it relates to wrongful conviction in the American criminal justice system. They cover correlates, causes, consequences, and the incidence of wrongful convictions, and offer recommendations for reform. Specific topics include eyewitness identification, false confessions, prosecutors and police, preservation of evidence, defense counsel, scientific and forensic evidence, informants, adjudication, capital cases, and clemency, innocence commissions, and compensation. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

שנה

2011

שפה

English

הוצאה

Carolina Academic Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

658

ISBN

9781594607530

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