Product Description: The third edition of America's Experiment with Capital Punishment has been expanded and updated to include several important developments since the publication of the second edition in 2003. New evidence is presented about the incidence of wrongful convictions, racial and geographical disparities in capital charging and sentencing practices, deterrence, trends in public opinion, jury decision-making, how the capital punishment process affects the families of both murder victims and offenders, the conditions and consequences of death row incarceration, the financial costs of capital punishment, executive clemency, and many other issues...read more

Product Description: The death penalty has inspired controversy for centuries. Raising questions regarding capital punishment rather than answering them, Questioning Capital Punishment offers the footing needed to allow for more informed consideration and analysis of these controversies...read more

Product Description: The third edition of Criminal Law introduces readers to the underlying principles, legal doctrine, and rules of criminal law. The innovative and highly student-friendly text uses real-world case examples to contextualize laws and give students a solid foundation in substantive criminal law while guiding them through what the law is, how it evolved, and the principles on which it is based...read more

The third volume in the Saga finds Aiken Drum, possessed of awesome mental powers, usurping the Tanu throne and confronting the surviving Tanu chivalry, the madwoman Felice, and the forest-dwelling Firvulag (view table of contents)

A textbook for undergraduate students of law, introducing the rules and principles of criminal procedure law using case studies to help them develop the analytical skills to understand the origins, content, and continuing evolution of the law. Concentrates on the US Supreme Court decisions interpret

Product Description: This text takes a unique approach to understanding judicial decisions, offering feedback and discussion from two generations' points of view. TWO VOICES consists of edited judicial decisions and accompanying text covering diverse legal issues involving minors...read more

Product Description: This essential primer on legal research is written specifically for criminal justice and social sciences students. The book's basic, how-to approach makes it suitable not only as a guiding text for research courses, but also as a key supplementary text for courses in which legal research is a secondary requirement...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)