When a criminal act or vehicle crash occurs, most often a local law enforcement agency responds and is responsible for both investigating the scene and for documenting it. It is critical that scene evidence is collected and recorded efficiently, as the scene can quickly change. The sooner evidence can be collected, reviewed, and analyzed, the better an understanding investigators will have as to how and why the incident occurred. Crime Scene Documentation: Preserving the evidence and the growi...
On January 15, 1903, South Carolina lieutenant governor James H. Tillman shot and killed Narciso G. Gonzales, editor of South Carolina's most powerful newspaper, the State. Blaming Gonzales's stinging editorials for his loss of the 1902 gubernatorial race, Tillman shot Gonzales to avenge the defeat and redeem his ""honor"" and his reputation as a man who took bold, masculine action in the face of an insult. James Lowell Underwood investigates the epic murder trial of Tillman to test whether bit...
Im Dschungel der Justiz 6 (Im Dschungel Der Justiz, #6)
by Christian Lukas-Altenburg
Sozialkontrolle in Moskau (Quellen Und Studien Zur Geschichte Des Ostlichen Europa, #44)
by Christoph Schmidt
This book highlights the contributions of leading forensic science practitioners, iconic figures who have been integral in both establishing current scientific and medicolegal practices and innovative evidence collection, testing, and analysis methods. Such professionals include Henry Lee, Michael Baden, William Bass, Jay Siegel, John Butler, Cyril Wecht, Vincent Di Maio, Marcella Fierro, Barry Fisher, and more. Previously unpublished interviews with these pioneers in the field, expressly undert...
"When an article printed in a local newspaper in 1955 resulted in the gaoling of rough-hewn Bankstown businessman Ray Fitzpatrick and trouble-making journalist Frank Browne, one of the most extraordinary legal cases in Australia's history unfolded. Mr Big of Bankstown mixes bribery, corruption, violence and power-wrangling, to reveal the Underbelly of 1950s Australia. Fitzpatrick's penchant for rorting the system and Browne's reputation for fiery verbal attacks got the pair in trouble when they...
Crimes against humanity are amongst the most shocking violations imaginable. Savelsberg's text provides a much-needed criminological insight to the topic, exploring explanations of and responses to human rights abuses. Linking human rights scholarship with criminological theory, the book is divided into three parts: Part 1: Examines the legal and historical approach to the topic within a criminological frameworkPart 2: Unpicks the aetiology of human rights offending with real and detailed case...
How are sentences for federal, state, and local crimes determined? Is this process fairly and justly applied to all concerned? How have reforms affected the process over the last 25 years? Offering a comprehensive overview of the sentencing process in the United States, How Do Judges Decide? The Search for Fairness and Justice in Punishment explores these questions and more. Author Cassia Spohn first discusses the overall concept of punishment and then analyzes individual aspects of it, includin...
The Emerald International Handbook of Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online Digital technologies have led to many important social and cultural changes worldwide, but they are also implicated in the facilitation of violence and abuse. While cybercriminality is often described as one of the greatest threats to nation states and global security, the wide range of interpersonal crimes comprising technology-facilitated violence and abuse (TFVA) - including, but not limited to, image-based...
Ziel der Arbeit ist eine realistische Darstellung der Auslanderproblematik im Strafvollzug und die Analyse der zur Verfugung stehenden Loesungswege. Eine empirische Studie in zehn bayerischen Justizvollzugsanstalten liefert Erkenntnisse uber die Zusammensetzung der Gefangenenpopulation insgesamt sowie signifikante Unterschiede im Bereich der sozio- und legalbiographischen Befunde deutscher und nichtdeutscher Inhaftierter. Weiter werden die besondere Haftsituation bzw. Resozialisierungschancen au...
Crime and Justice, Volume 45 (Crime and Justice: A Review of Research CJ (CHUP))
Sentencing Policies and Practices in Western Countries: Comparative and Cross-national Perspectives is the forty-fifth addition to the Crime and Justice series. Contributors include Thomas Weigend on criminal sentencing in Germany since 2000; Julian V. Roberts and Andrew Ashworth on the evolution of sentencing policy and practice in England and Wales from 2003 to 2015; Jacqueline Hodgson and Laur ne Soubise on understanding the sentencing process in France; Anthony N. Doob and Cheryl Marie Webst...
Chemistry/Forensic Science Forensic chemistry is a subdiscipline of forensic science, its principles guide the analyses performed in modern forensic laboratories. Forensic chemistry’s roots lie in medico-legal investigation, toxicology and microscopy and have since led the development of modern forensic analytic techniques and practices for use in a variety of applications. Introduction to Forensic Chemistry is the perfect balance of testing methods and application. Unlike other competing boo...
Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction: An Illustrated Manual and Field Guide provides methodologies to help investigators to think broadly when seeking out evidence at a scene and, likewise, utilize all the information from a case—especially the observable physical evidence, besides that are collectable, in reconstructing events. In the introductory chapters the author highlights the importance of crime scene reconstruction when answering the question “How something could have happened?”...
Die Strafrechtliche Bedeutung Von Doping (Europaeische Hochschulschriften Recht, #4936) (Europaische Hochschulschriften Recht, #4936)
by Moritz Glocker
Die Arbeit zeigt bestehende Moeglichkeiten der Sanktionierung des dopenden Athleten sowie der sonstigen Beteiligten auf und geht auf prozessuale Besonderheiten und zu erwartende Konsequenzen bei der Schaffung eines Anti-Doping-Gesetzes ein. Der Verfasser kommt zu dem Schluss, dass Doping durch das Anspruchsdenken der Leistungsgesellschaft gefoerdert wird und dopende Athleten dabei Tater und Opfer sind. Durch Doping drohen den Athleten bereits jetzt strafrechtliche Sanktionen unter anderem wegen...
Die Aktuellen Juristischen Entwicklungen in Der Pid Und Stammzellforschung in Deutschland (Recht Und Medizin, #114)
by Jung-Ho Lee
Die Entscheidung des Bundesgerichtshofs zur PID veranlasste den Gesetzgeber dazu, 2011 das ESchG zu novellieren. Die Durchfuhrung einer PID ist nunmehr unter eingeschrankten Voraussetzungen erlaubt. Diese Arbeit versucht die im Bundestag zuvor diskutierten Gesetzesentwurfe aus juristischer sowie medizinischer Sicht genauer zu beleuchten und einen analytischen Ausblick auf die weitere Entwicklung der PID in Deutschland zu werfen. Zudem soll auch die embryonale Stammzellforschung naher untersucht...
Henry Lee's Crime Scene Handbook
by Dr Henry C Lee, Timothy Palmbach, and Marilyn T. Miller
Henry Lee's Crime Scene Handbook outlines proven methods to help you collect and process physical evidence correctly, analyze it thoroughly, and understand its relevance to the case involved. It evaluates the newest chemical and instrumental techniques, and covers new areas such as forensic analysis of computers and advanced shooting scene reconstruction methods. This "must-have" guide is enhanced with dozens of color photographs, logic trees, check lists, worksheets, case studies, lists of supp...