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  • Speaking of Crime

    The Language of Criminal Justice

    An essential introduction to the use and misuse of language within the criminal justice system, updated for a new generation.Does everyone understand the Miranda warning? Why do people confess to a crime they did not commit? Can linguistic experts identify who wrote an anonymous threatening letter? Since its first publication, Speaking of Crime has been answering these questions. Introducing major ... Leer más

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    This book provides a state-of-the-art account of past and current research in the interface between linguistics and law. It outlines the range of legal areas in which linguistics plays an increasing role and describes the tools and approaches used by linguists and lawyers in this vibrant new field. Through a combination of overview chapters, case studies, and theoretical descriptions, the volume ... Leer más

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  • Constitutional Calculus

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    de Jeff Suzuki ...
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  • Criminal Procedure and the Supreme Court

    A Guide to the Major Decisions on Search and Seizure, Privacy, and Individual Rights

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  • Solitary Confinement

    Social Death and Its Afterlives

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    Prolonged solitary confinement has become a widespread and standard practice in U.S. prisons—even though it consistently drives healthy prisoners insane, makes the mentally ill sicker, and, according to the testimony of prisoners, threatens to reduce life to a living death. In this profoundly important and original book, Lisa Guenther examines the death-in-life experience of solitary confinement ... Leer más

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  • Failed Evidence

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    With the popularity of crime dramas like CSI focusing on forensic science, and increasing numbers of police and prosecutors making wide-spread use of DNA, high-tech science seems to have become the handmaiden of law enforcement. But this is a myth,asserts law professor and nationally known expert on police profiling David A. Harris. In fact, most of law enforcement does not embrace science—it ... Leer más

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