Mapping American Criminal Law

Author : Paul H. Robinson,Tyler Scot Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9798216114703

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Mapping American Criminal Law by Paul H. Robinson,Tyler Scot Williams Pdf

Containing 40 visually coded maps of the fifty states, this book offers an unprecedented look at America's diverse legal landscape. This first-of-its-kind volume sketches the diversity implicit in United States criminal law doctrine through its examination of a range of criminal laws pertaining to murder, sexual assault, drug offenses, the insanity defense, and more and the way in which different states deal with those issues. In addition to providing insights into the most widely invoked standards in criminal law, it raises awareness of the enormous discrepancies among the criminal laws of states, documenting them using dozens of visually coded maps that showcase geographic, political, and socioeconomic differences to explain patterns of agreement and disagreement. Mapping American Criminal Law: Variations Across the 50 States is for political scientists, criminologists, sociologists, legal scholars, policy advisors, legislators, lawyers, judges, and scholars and students of these fields. In addition, each chapter is highly accessible to laypersons and includes an explanation of the subject matter as well as explanations of the various approaches to criminal law taken by states.

Author : Paul H. Robinson,Sarah M. Robinson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000593396

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American Criminal Law by Paul H. Robinson,Sarah M. Robinson Pdf

This coursebook offers an exciting new approach to teaching criminal law to graduate and undergraduate students, and indeed to the general public. Each well-organized and student-friendly chapter offers historical context, tells the story of a principal historic case, provides a modern case that contrasts with the historic, explains the legal issue at the heart of both cases, includes a unique mapping feature describing the range of positions on the issue among the states today, examines a key policy question on the topic, and provides an aftermath that reports the final chapter to the historic and modern case stories. By embedding sophisticated legal doctrine and analysis in real-world storytelling, the book provides a uniquely effective approach to teaching American criminal law in programs on criminal justice, political science, public policy, history, philosophy, and a range of other fields.

Author : Paul H. Robinson,Tyler Scot Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781440860133

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Mapping American Criminal Law by Paul H. Robinson,Tyler Scot Williams Pdf

Containing 40 visually coded maps of the fifty states, this book offers an unprecedented look at America's diverse legal landscape. This first-of-its-kind volume sketches the diversity implicit in United States criminal law doctrine through its examination of a range of criminal laws pertaining to murder, sexual assault, drug offenses, the insanity defense, and more and the way in which different states deal with those issues. In addition to providing insights into the most widely invoked standards in criminal law, it raises awareness of the enormous discrepancies among the criminal laws of states, documenting them using dozens of visually coded maps that showcase geographic, political, and socioeconomic differences to explain patterns of agreement and disagreement. Mapping American Criminal Law: Variations Across the 50 States is for political scientists, criminologists, sociologists, legal scholars, policy advisors, legislators, lawyers, judges, and scholars and students of these fields. In addition, each chapter is highly accessible to laypersons and includes an explanation of the subject matter as well as explanations of the various approaches to criminal law taken by states.

Author : Fred Rosen
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438129853

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The Historical Atlas of American Crime by Fred Rosen Pdf

Traces the history of crime and punishment from American Colonial times to present day, listing in alphabetical order the states in which the crimes were committed, who committed them and what the punishment was.

Author : Linda S. Turnbull,Elaine H. Hendrix,Borden D. Dent
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-11
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015050314809

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Atlas of Crime by Linda S. Turnbull,Elaine H. Hendrix,Borden D. Dent Pdf

Contains maps and articles that provide information on the geographical history of crime, the influence space has on a criminal's motivations, and other geographical aspects of crime.

Author : Seth W. Stoughton,Jeffrey J. Noble,Geoffrey P. Alpert
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781479810161

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Evaluating Police Uses of Force by Seth W. Stoughton,Jeffrey J. Noble,Geoffrey P. Alpert Pdf

Provides a critical understanding and evaluation of police tactics and the use of force Police violence has historically played an important role in shaping public attitudes toward the government. Community trust and confidence in policing have been undermined by the perception that officers are using force unnecessarily, too frequently, or in problematic ways. The use of force, or harm suffered by a community as a result of such force, can also serve as a flashpoint, a spark that ignites long-simmering community hostility. In Evaluating Police Uses of Force, legal scholar Seth W. Stoughton, former deputy chief of police Jeffrey J. Noble, and distinguished criminologist Geoffrey P. Alpert explore a critical but largely overlooked facet of the difficult and controversial issues of police violence and accountability: how does society evaluate use-of-force incidents? By leading readers through answers to this question from four different perspectives—constitutional law, state law, administrative regulation, and community expectations—and by providing critical information about police tactics and force options that are implicated within those frameworks, Evaluating Police Uses of Force helps situate readers within broader conversations about governmental accountability, the role that police play in modern society, and how officers should go about fulfilling their duties.

Author : Keith D. Harries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Cartography
ISBN : UOM:39015047569994

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Mapping Crime by Keith D. Harries Pdf

Author : Paul H. Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429720680

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Justice, Liability, And Blame by Paul H. Robinson Pdf

This book examines shared intuitive notions of justice among laypersons and compares the discovered principles to those instantiated in American criminal codes. It reports eighteen original studies on a wide range of issues that are central to criminal law formulation.

Author : Brett Story
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1517906881

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Prison Land by Brett Story Pdf

"Prison Land: Mapping Carceral Power across Neoliberal America offers a geographic excavation of the prison as a set of social relations-including property, work, gender and race-enacted across various spatial forms and landscapes within American life"--

Author : J. Mitchell Miller,Richard A. Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 4407 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135455439

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Encyclopedia of Criminology by J. Mitchell Miller,Richard A. Wright Pdf

This three-volume work offers a comprehensive review of the pivotal concepts, measures, theories, and practices that comprise criminology and criminal justice. No longer just a subtopic of sociology, criminology has become an independent academic field of study that incorporates scholarship from numerous disciplines including psychology, political science, behavioral science, law, economics, public health, family studies, social work, and many others. The three-volume Encyclopedia of Criminology presents the latest research as well as the traditional topics which reflect the field's multidisciplinary nature in a single, authoritative reference work. More than 525 alphabetically arranged entries by the leading authorities in the discipline comprise this definitive, international resource. The pivotal concepts, measures, theories, and practices of the field are addressed with an emphasis on comparative criminology and criminal justice. While the primary focus of the work is on American criminology and contemporary criminal justice in the United States, extensive global coverage of other nations' justice systems is included, and the increasing international nature of crime is explored thoroughly. Providing the most up-to-date scholarship in addition to the traditional theories on criminology, the Encyclopedia of Criminology is the essential one-stop reference for students and scholars alike to explore the broad expanse of this multidisciplinary field.

Author : Allegra M. McLeod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210237009

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Exporting U.S. Criminal Justice by Allegra M. McLeod Pdf

Author : U.s. Department of Justice
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 1502794454

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Using Geographic Information System to Map Crime Victim Services by U.s. Department of Justice Pdf

The use of Geographic Information Systems in the criminal justice field has its roots in the earlier generation of police crime maps. Historically, law enforcement agencies and other organizations used hardcopy pin maps to chart criminal activity; but these maps were static and, as crime rates, increased, difficult to maintain. In recent years, with advances in quick and user-friendly soft-ware, manual pin mapping has given way to computerized crime mapping.

Author : J. Mitchell Miller,Richard A. Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1976 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135455446

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Encyclopedia of Criminology by J. Mitchell Miller,Richard A. Wright Pdf

This three-volume work offers a comprehensive review of the pivotal concepts, measures, theories, and practices that comprise criminology and criminal justice. No longer just a subtopic of sociology, criminology has become an independent academic field of study that incorporates scholarship from numerous disciplines including psychology, political science, behavioral science, law, economics, public health, family studies, social work, and many others. The three-volume Encyclopedia of Criminology presents the latest research as well as the traditional topics which reflect the field's multidisciplinary nature in a single, authoritative reference work. More than 525 alphabetically arranged entries by the leading authorities in the discipline comprise this definitive, international resource. The pivotal concepts, measures, theories, and practices of the field are addressed with an emphasis on comparative criminology and criminal justice. While the primary focus of the work is on American criminology and contemporary criminal justice in the United States, extensive global coverage of other nations' justice systems is included, and the increasing international nature of crime is explored thoroughly. Providing the most up-to-date scholarship in addition to the traditional theories on criminology, the Encyclopedia of Criminology is the essential one-stop reference for students and scholars alike to explore the broad expanse of this multidisciplinary field.

Author : Sharon Dolovich,Alexandra Natapoff
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781479831548

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The New Criminal Justice Thinking by Sharon Dolovich,Alexandra Natapoff Pdf

A vital collection for reforming criminal justice After five decades of punitive expansion, the entire U.S. criminal justice system— mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, police practices, the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, glaring racial disparity, the death penalty and more — faces challenging questions. What exactly is criminal justice? How much of it is a system of law and how much is a collection of situational social practices? What roles do the Constitution and the Supreme Court play? How do race and gender shape outcomes? How does change happen, and what changes or adaptations should be pursued? The New Criminal Justice Thinking addresses the challenges of this historic moment by asking essential theoretical and practical questions about how the criminal system operates. In this thorough and thoughtful volume, scholars from across the disciplines of legal theory, sociology, criminology, Critical Race Theory, and organizational theory offer crucial insights into how the criminal system works in both theory and practice. By engaging both classic issues and new understandings, this volume offers a comprehensive framework for thinking about the modern justice system. For those interested in criminal law and justice, The New Criminal Justice Thinking offers a profound discussion of the complexities of our deeply flawed criminal justice system, complexities that neither legal theory nor social science can answer alone.

Author : Roscoe Pound
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1412820650

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Criminal Justice in America by Roscoe Pound Pdf

Roscoe Pound believed that unless the criminal justice system maintains stability while adapting to change, it will either fossilize or be subject to the whims of public opinion. In Criminal Justice in America, Pound recognizes the dangers law faces when it does not keep pace with societal change. When the home, neighborhood, and religion are no longer capable of social control, increased conflicts arise, laws proliferate, and new menaces wrought by technology, drugs, and juvenile delinquency flourish. Where Pound saw the influence of the motion pictures as part of the "multiplication of the agencies of menace," today we might cite television and the Internet. His point still holds true: The "old machinery" cannot meet the evolving needs of society. In Criminal Justice in America, Pound points out that one aspect of the criminal justice problem is a rigid mechanical approach that resists change. The other dimension of the problem is that change, when it comes, will result from the pressure of public opinion. Justice suffers when the public is moved by the oldest of public feelings, vengeance. This can result in citizens taking the law into their own hands—from tax evasion to mob lynchings—as well as in altering the judicial system—from sensationalizing trials to producing wrongful convictions. Ron Christenson, in his new introduction, discusses the evolution of Roscoe Pound's career and thought. Pound's theories on jurisprudence were remarkably prescient. They continue to gain resonance as crimes become more and more sensationalized by the media. Criminal Justice in America is a fascinating study that should be read by legal scholars and professionals, sociologists, political theorists, and philosophers.