Wrongful Imprisonment - Mistaken Convictions and Their Consequences

First published in 1973, Wrongful Imprisonment aims to combine the human interest of individual cases of wrongful imprisonment with a general analysis of how and why they occur. It deals in detail with the English system, but also provides comparisons with Scotland, France, and the United States. The authors spent three years collecting material from newspaper reports, trial transcripts, books, lawyers, the Home Office and - most important - interviews with the persons concerned. As a result, they have been able to analyse objectively the existing system of justice; they have isolated and identified the areas in which the system is at fault, and the successive hazards which may confront the innocent man suspected of a criminal offence; they have also revealed the many obstacles which have to be overcome by the wrongfully imprisoned man seeking to establish his innocence and regain his liberty. This topical and convincingly argued book should appeal not only to students of law and sociology, or to lawyers, policemen, criminals, and others involved in the system of criminal justice, but also to the man in the Wormwood Scrubs omnibus.

List of contents

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements 1. Wrongful Imprisonment? 2. Identification Evidence 3. Confessions and Statements 4. Trial Proceedings 5. Witnesses Credible and Incredible 6. How They Got Off 7. Consequences 8. The French System 9. The American Experience 10. Scales of Injustice Epilogue Appendix Reference Notes Index

About the author

Ruth Brandon and Christie Davies

Summary

First published in 1973, Wrongful Imprisonment aims to combine the human interest of individual cases of wrongful imprisonment with a general analysis of how and why they occur.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Brandon, Ruth Davies Brandon, Brandon Ruth, Christie Davies, Davies Christie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032379326
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237932-6
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, LAW / Courts, LAW / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, LAW / Discrimination, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Police law & police procedures, Criminology: legal aspects, Police law and police procedures, Probation services, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Capital Punishment, Social law and Medical law