Examining wrongful convictions
Subtitle: stepping back, moving forward
By: edited by Allison D. Redlich, James R. Acker, Robert J. Norris, Catherine L. Bonventre
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9781611632521
Subjects: Judicial error; Compensation for judicial error; Law reform
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Stepping back? : moving beyond immediate causes: criminal justice and wrongful convictions in social context / James R. Acker, Allison D. Redlich, Robert J. Norris, and Catherine L. Bonventre; title: Finding the causes in the contexts : structural sources of wrongful conviction / William S. Lofquist; title: Psychological perspectives: cognition and decision making / Barbara O'Brien and Keith Findley; title: Interactions between African Americans and police officers : how cultural stereotypes create a wrongful conviction pipeline for African Americans / Cynthia J. Najdowski; title: The media's muddled message on wrongful convictions / Martin Yant; title: Wrongful conviction, policing, and the "wars on crime and drugs" / Hannah Laqueur, Stephen Rushin, and Jonathan Simon; title: The prosecutor's contribution to wrongful convictions / Bennett Gershman; title: Defense lawyering and wrongful convictions / Ellen Yaroshefsky and Laura Schaefer; title: The American adversary system : sources of error in the criminal adjudication process / Neil Vidmar, and James E. Coleman; title: Plea bargaining's role in wrongful convictions / Stephanos Bibas.; title: Juvenile justice investigation : narrative contamination, cultural stereotypes, and the scripting of juvenile false confessions / Steven Drizin, Laura Nirider, and Joshua Tepfer; title: "The worst of both worlds" : adolescent competence and the quality of justice in juvenile courts as a prescription for wrongful convictions / Barry C. Feld; title: Judicial review : appeals and postconviction proceedings / Nancy J. King; title: The problem of fit : parolees, exonerees, and prisoner reentry / Kimberly J. Cook, Saundra D. Westervelt, and Shadd Maruna; title: Public policy responses to wrongful convictions / Frank R. Baumgartner, Saundra D. Westervelt, and Kimberly J. Cook; title: Remedying wrongful convictions : societal obligations to exonerees / Elizabeth Griffiths and Michael Leo Owens; title: Theorizing wrongful conviction / Marvin Zalman; title: Studying innocence : advancing methods and data / Catherine L. Bonventre, Robert J. Norris, and Emily West; title: International trends and developments : perspectives on wrongful convictions from Europe / Martin Killias; title: Wrongful convictions : reflections on moving forward / Allison D. Redlich, James R. Acker, Robert J. Norris, and Catherine L. Bonventre.