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Forthcoming Criminal Law & Practice Books

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Forthcoming Books

  1. International and Comparative Criminal Justice

    A critical introduction

    By Mark Findlay

    International criminal justice is in transition. This book explores the growing internationalisation of criminal justice as a phenomenon of global governance. It provides students with a critical understanding of the international institutions for regulating transnational crime, the development of...

    To Be Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Indigenous People, Crime and Punishment

    By Thalia Anthony

    Indigenous People, Crime and Punishment examines criminal sentencing courts’ changing characterisations of Indigenous peoples’ identity, culture and postcolonial status. Focusing largely on Australian Indigenous peoples, but drawing also on the Canadian experiences, Thalia Anthony critically...

    To Be Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge

  3. Practical Handbook for Professional Investigators, Third Edition

    By Rory J. McMahon, CLI, CFE

    An increase in fraud cases has escalated government accountability and corporate oversight, and media attention on cases ranging from missing persons to white-collar crime has increased the visibility of professional investigators. This has resulted in a great source of increased work for the...

    To Be Published July 1st 2013 by CRC Press

  4. Gender Politics in Transitional Justice

    By Catherine O'Rourke

    Series: Transitional Justice

    What role do transitional justice processes play in determining the gender outcomes of transitions from conflict and authoritarianism? What is the impact of transitional justice processes on the human rights of women in states emerging from political violence? Gender Politics in Transitional...

    To Be Published August 1st 2013 by Routledge

  5. The Politics of the Death Penalty in Countries in Transition

    Edited by Madoka Futamura, Nadia Bernaz

    The increase in the number of countries that have abolished the death penalty since the end of the Second World War shows a steady trend towards worldwide abolition of capital punishment. This book focuses on the political and legal issues raised by the death penalty in "countries in transition",...

    To Be Published August 6th 2013 by Routledge

  6. Wickedness and Crime

    Laws of Homicide and Malice

    By Penny Crofts

    Series: Discourses of Law

    The criminal legal system defines and authoritatively enacts the boundaries of permissible and impermissible behaviour, with a focus on that which is prohibited or transgressive. Wickedness and Crime: Laws of Homicide and Malice seeks to expose the ways in which criminal law communicates and...

    To Be Published August 12th 2013 by Routledge

  7. Policing and Human Rights

    The Meaning of Violence and Justice in the Everyday Policing of Johannesburg

    By Julia Hornberger

    Series: Law, Development and Globalization

    Policing and Human Rights analyses the implementation of human rights standards, tracing them from the nodal points of their production in Geneva, through the board rooms of national police management and training facilities, to the streets of downtown Johannesburg. This book deals with how...

    To Be Published August 31st 2013 by Routledge

  8. Criminal Responsibility for the Crime of Aggression

    By Patrycja Grzebyk

    Series: Routledge Research in International Law

    Since the Nuremberg trial, the crime of aggression has been considered one of the gravest international crimes. However, since the 1940s no defendants have been charged with this crime, with some states actively opposing the notion of punishing aggression. The option of trying an individual for...

    To Be Published September 3rd 2013 by Routledge

  9. Transitional Justice Theories

    Edited by Susanne Zistel, Teresa Beck, Christian Braun, Friederike Mieth

    Series: Transitional Justice

    Transitional Justice Theories is the first volume to approach the politically sensitive subject of post-conflict or post-authoritarian justice from a theoretical perspective. It combines contributions from distinguished scholars and practitioners as well as from emerging academics from different...

    To Be Published September 16th 2013 by Routledge

  10. Criminal Law

    By Jacqueline Martin

    Series: Key Facts Key Cases

    Key Facts Key Cases: Criminal Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Criminal Law module with ease. This book explains the facts and associated case law for: the important concepts of actus reus, mens rea and strict liability the main fatal and non-fatal offences against the...

    To Be Published October 6th 2013 by Routledge