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Law and courts :

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Law and courts :

[Book]

current perspectives from InfoTrac /

[edited by] George Ackerman.

Belmont, CA :

Wadsworth,

©2011.

ix, 295 pages ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I: Overview of law and courts. Redefining criminal courts: problem-solving and the meaning of justice / James L. Nolan Jr. ; Conference report: New York City's criminal courts: are we achieving justice? / Martha Rayner ; The criminalization of poverty / Kaaryn Gustafson. -- Part II: Courts, crime and controversy. When procedure trumps justice / Bennett L. Gershman ; Investigating the "CSI effect" effect: media and litigation crisis in criminal law / Simon A. Cole, Rachel Dioso-Villa. -- Part III: Law and crime. Crime data / The Federal Bureau of Investigation ; Internet fraud on the rise: spike in internet crime complaints concerns U.S. law enforcement / Cynthia G. Wagner ; Deterrence in a sea of "just desserts": are utilitarian goals achievable in a world of "limiting retributivism?" / Matthew Haist. -- Part IV: Federal and state courts. Threats to the rule of law: state courts, public expectations and political attitudes / Margaret H. Marshall ; Getting terror's number / James R. Roth. -- Part V: Civil law. Changes are enough to create standing / Leo Strupczewski. -- Part VI: Criminal courts: prosecutors and defense attorneys. Prosecutor's errors bring new trial on 1993 verdict / Joel Stashenko ; Drawing the line: court looks again at how much immunity prosecutors have / John Gibeaut ; Fashioning a top career: prosecutor's memoir details work from Watergate to the 9/11 probe / Barbara Rose ; "A prosecutor is a lawyer with convictions" / Joseph I. Cassilly.

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