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.

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