Wrongful Imprisonment
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Wrongful Imprisonment

Mistaken Convictions and their Consequences

  1. 293 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Wrongful Imprisonment

Mistaken Convictions and their Consequences

About this book

First published in 1973, Wrongful Imprisonment aims to combine the human interest of individual cases of wrongful imprisonment with a general analysis of how and why they occur. It deals in detail with the English system, but also provides comparisons with Scotland, France, and the United States. The authors spent three years collecting material from newspaper reports, trial transcripts, books, lawyers, the Home Office and – most important – interviews with the persons concerned. As a result, they have been able to analyse objectively the existing system of justice; they have isolated and identified the areas in which the system is at fault, and the successive hazards which may confront the innocent man suspected of a criminal offence; they have also revealed the many obstacles which have to be overcome by the wrongfully imprisoned man seeking to establish his innocence and regain his liberty. This topical and convincingly argued book should appeal not only to students of law and sociology, or to lawyers, policemen, criminals, and others involved in the system of criminal justice, but also to the man in the Wormwood Scrubs omnibus.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781032376868
eBook ISBN
9781000784527
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Courts
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Original Title
  6. Original Copyright
  7. Dedication
  8. Foreword
  9. Contents
  10. Preface
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. 1. Wrongful Imprisonment?
  13. 2. Identification Evidence
  14. 3. Confessions and Statements
  15. 4. Trial Proceedings
  16. 5. Witnesses Credible and Incredible
  17. 6. How They Got Off
  18. 7. Consequences
  19. 8. The French System
  20. 9. The American Experience
  21. 10. Scales of Injustice
  22. Epilogue
  23. Appendix
  24. Reference Notes
  25. Index