Wrongful conviction
Subtitle: law, science, and policy
By: James R. Acker, Allison D. Redlich
Contributors: Redlich, Allison D.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 658
ISBN-13: 9781594607530
Subjects: Judicial error; Compensation for judicial error; Clemency; Administration of Criminal justice
Description: Authors Acker and Redlich (criminal justice, U. at Albany) discuss law, science, and policy as it relates to wrongful conviction in the American criminal justice system. They cover correlates, causes, consequences, and the incidence of wrongful convictions, and offer recommendations for reform. Specific topics include eyewitness identification, false confessions, prosecutors and police, preservation of evidence, defense counsel, scientific and forensic evidence, informants, adjudication, capital cases, and clemency, innocence commissions, and compensation. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem of wrongful convictions; title: Wrongful convictions and the criminal justice process : decision points and decision makers; title: Eyewitness identification; title: False confessions; title: Prosecutors, police, and preservation of evidence; title: Counsel for the defense; title: Scientific and forensic evidence; title: Informants; title: Adjudication : trials and guilty pleas; title: Capital cases; title: Beyond adjudication : clemency, innocence commissions, and compensation.