Important recent developments, intriguing cases, broad coverage of law and procedures ... this practical, up-to-date book gives you everything you need to understand the substantive and procedural aspects of criminal law. Ideal for criminal justice, pre-law, and paralegal studen…
Master the ins and outs of the criminal justice system with "ESSENTIALS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE", Eighth Edition. With its cutting-edge high-profile cases, current research, detailed career information, and unique myth-busting theme, this bestseller equipsyou with a solid understand…
DSM-5 and the law: changes and challenges
DSM-5 and the law: changes and challenges
The first book of its kind to apply how the DSM-5 will Impact forensic evaluations, Dr. Charles Scott's DSM-5® and the Law: Changes and Challenges provides Important, practical guidelines on how to face these new challenges posed by this new set of criteria. Featuring relevant d…
DSM-5 and the law: changes and challenges
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is the most widely used and accepted scheme for diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and beyond. DSM-5 was released with profound changes revealed in the required diagnostic process, specific criteria for previously establi…
"A systematic and comprehensive comparative analysis, of criminal law, focused on two major jurisdictions: the United States andGermany."--Jacket.
"A systematic and comprehensive comparative analysis, of criminal law, focused on two major jurisdictions: the United States and Germany."--Jacket.
Présentation de l'éditeur : "Criminal Law: A Comparative Approach presents a systematic and comprehensive comparative analysis of the substantive criminal law of two major jurisdictions: the United States and Germany. Presupposing no familiarity with either U.S. or German crimin…
"A systematic and comprehensive comparative analysis, of criminal law, focused on two major jurisdictions: the United States and Germany"--Jacket.
"A systematic and comprehensive comparative analysis, of criminal law, focused on two major jurisdictions: the United States and Germany."--Jacket
A history of the rise of mass incarceration in America that shows how it was built on a foundation of racist thinking and bad political incentives. The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other industrialized nation in the world-about 1 in 100 adults, or m…