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Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt / by Parry, John Weston, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- Persons with mental disabilities and the American legal system : a history of discrimination, abuse and mistreatment -- Sanism and America's exaggerated fear of violence -- Sanist words and language in the american legal system : "dangerousness", "the right to treatment" and "civil" versus "criminal" -- Predictions of dangerousness in the courtroom : unreliable, inaccurate and misleading -- Accusations based on the unknowable : predictions of dangerousness in civil and criminal proceedings -- Dangerousness and the unconscionable failure to provide humane care and treatment to persons with mental disabilities -- An extremely suspect classification -- A new system of state and federal laws and public health approaches for persons with mental disabilities deemed to be dangerous : initial recommendations -- Bibliography.…”
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Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt / by Parry, John Weston, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- Persons with mental disabilities and the American legal system : a history of discrimination, abuse and mistreatment -- Sanism and America's exaggerated fear of violence -- Sanist words and language in the american legal system : "dangerousness", "the right to treatment" and "civil" versus "criminal" -- Predictions of dangerousness in the courtroom : unreliable, inaccurate and misleading -- Accusations based on the unknowable : predictions of dangerousness in civil and criminal proceedings -- Dangerousness and the unconscionable failure to provide humane care and treatment to persons with mental disabilities -- An extremely suspect classification -- A new system of state and federal laws and public health approaches for persons with mental disabilities deemed to be dangerous : initial recommendations -- Bibliography.…”
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Law in Japan a turning point /

Table of Contents: “…Development of the concepts of transparency and accountability in Japanese administrative law / Katsuya Uga -- Politics of transparency in Japanese administrative law / Tom Ginsburg -- Development of criminal law in Japan since 1961/ Kōya Matsuo -- Globalization and Japanese criminal law / Joseph L. …”
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Law in Japan a turning point /

Table of Contents: “…Development of the concepts of transparency and accountability in Japanese administrative law / Katsuya Uga -- Politics of transparency in Japanese administrative law / Tom Ginsburg -- Development of criminal law in Japan since 1961/ Kōya Matsuo -- Globalization and Japanese criminal law / Joseph L. …”
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Style is matter the moral art of Vladimir Nabokov / by De la Durantaye, Leland

Table of Contents: “…Cruelty, or, Nabokov's reader -- The reality of the author -- The criminal artist -- Safely solipsizing -- Anesthesia -- Humbert's green lane -- A riddle with an elegant solution -- The particularity of literature -- Lexicomania -- The fine fabric of deceit -- The figure in the magic carpet.…”
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Style is matter the moral art of Vladimir Nabokov / by De la Durantaye, Leland

Table of Contents: “…Cruelty, or, Nabokov's reader -- The reality of the author -- The criminal artist -- Safely solipsizing -- Anesthesia -- Humbert's green lane -- A riddle with an elegant solution -- The particularity of literature -- Lexicomania -- The fine fabric of deceit -- The figure in the magic carpet.…”
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News, crime and culture by Wykes, Maggie, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Criminological crises -- Disorderly publics : race in the inner cities -- Public order : criminal class -- High jinks : youth, crime and community -- Beggars not choosers -- Journalism, justice, gender and violence -- Straightening out sex -- New cultures.…”
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News, crime and culture by Wykes, Maggie, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Criminological crises -- Disorderly publics : race in the inner cities -- Public order : criminal class -- High jinks : youth, crime and community -- Beggars not choosers -- Journalism, justice, gender and violence -- Straightening out sex -- New cultures.…”
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Information technology law / by Lloyd, Ian J.

Table of Contents: “…Privacy, technology, and surveillance -- The esergence of data protection -- The scope of data protection -- Supervisory agencies -- The data protection priniciples -- Individual rights and remedies -- Sectoral aspects of data protection -- Transborder data flows -- National and international responses to computer-related crime -- Substantive criminal law provisions -- Computer fraud and forgery -- Virtual criminality -- Detecting and prosecuting computer crime -- Key elements of the patent system -- Patents -- Copyright protection -- Enforcement issues -- Protection of databases -- Design rights -- Trade mark and domain-name issues -- Internet regulation and domain names -- International and European initiatives in e-commerce -- Electronic money -- Contractual liability for defective software.…”

Information technology law / by Lloyd, Ian J.

Table of Contents: “…Privacy, technology, and surveillance -- The esergence of data protection -- The scope of data protection -- Supervisory agencies -- The data protection priniciples -- Individual rights and remedies -- Sectoral aspects of data protection -- Transborder data flows -- National and international responses to computer-related crime -- Substantive criminal law provisions -- Computer fraud and forgery -- Virtual criminality -- Detecting and prosecuting computer crime -- Key elements of the patent system -- Patents -- Copyright protection -- Enforcement issues -- Protection of databases -- Design rights -- Trade mark and domain-name issues -- Internet regulation and domain names -- International and European initiatives in e-commerce -- Electronic money -- Contractual liability for defective software.…”

A Statistical portrait of the United States social conditions and trends /

Table of Contents: “…Population characteristics -- Households and families -- Social conditions -- Labor force and job characteristics -- Housing -- Income, wealth, and poverty -- Education -- Crime and criminal justice -- Health -- Leisure, volunteerism, and religiosity -- Voting -- Environment -- Government -- Appendix: Detailed tables.…”
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Divergent social worlds : neighborhood crime and the racial-spatial divide / by Peterson, Ruth D., Krivo, Lauren Joy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : one hundred years and still counting -- Racial structure, segregation, and crime -- Divergent social worlds -- The links between racialized community structures and crime -- The spatial context of criminal inequality -- Conclusions : implications of the racial-spatial divide.…”
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Divergent social worlds : neighborhood crime and the racial-spatial divide / by Peterson, Ruth D., Krivo, Lauren Joy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : one hundred years and still counting -- Racial structure, segregation, and crime -- Divergent social worlds -- The links between racialized community structures and crime -- The spatial context of criminal inequality -- Conclusions : implications of the racial-spatial divide.…”
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A Statistical portrait of the United States social conditions and trends /

Table of Contents: “…Population characteristics -- Households and families -- Social conditions -- Labor force and job characteristics -- Housing -- Income, wealth, and poverty -- Education -- Crime and criminal justice -- Health -- Leisure, volunteerism, and religiosity -- Voting -- Environment -- Government -- Appendix: Detailed tables.…”
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The United Nations states vs. international laws / by Wells, Donald A. (Donald Arthur), 1917-

Table of Contents: “…The establishment of the United Nations : why the UN functions the way it does -- The search for rules or laws of war : forbidden strategies and weapons -- The role of the Security Council in war and peace -- The precedent of war crimes trials and the bases for the UN international criminal courts.…”
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The United Nations states vs. international laws / by Wells, Donald A. (Donald Arthur), 1917-

Table of Contents: “…The establishment of the United Nations : why the UN functions the way it does -- The search for rules or laws of war : forbidden strategies and weapons -- The role of the Security Council in war and peace -- The precedent of war crimes trials and the bases for the UN international criminal courts.…”
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Cross and Tapper on evidence / by Tapper, Colin

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Matters not requiring proof and judicial findings as evidence -- Burdens and proof -- The functions of the judge and jury -- Witnesses -- The course of evidence -- Character in general -- Bad character of the accused -- Privilege -- Public policy -- Opinion -- Hearsay in general -- Hearsay in civil proceedings -- Hearsay in criminal proceedings -- Documentary evidence -- Proof of frequently recurring matters.…”

Cross and Tapper on evidence / by Tapper, Colin

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Matters not requiring proof and judicial findings as evidence -- Burdens and proof -- The functions of the judge and jury -- Witnesses -- The course of evidence -- Character in general -- Bad character of the accused -- Privilege -- Public policy -- Opinion -- Hearsay in general -- Hearsay in civil proceedings -- Hearsay in criminal proceedings -- Documentary evidence -- Proof of frequently recurring matters.…”

Handbook for prison managers and policymakers on women and imprisonment / by Atabay, Tomris

Handbook for prison managers and policymakers on women and imprisonment / by Atabay, Tomris