Law

National Academies’s Committee On Law And Justice Seeks Experts
Infrastructure
August 21, 2023

National Academies’s Committee On Law And Justice Seeks Experts

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Keeping an Eagle-Eye on the U.S. Supreme Court
Bookshelf
February 22, 2018

Keeping an Eagle-Eye on the U.S. Supreme Court

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Did Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law Increase Firearm Homicides?
Research
July 23, 2013

Did Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law Increase Firearm Homicides?

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The Myths of Offender Profiling
International Debate
February 15, 2013

The Myths of Offender Profiling

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Do Adult Drug Courts Produce Other Psychosocial Benefits?

Do Adult Drug Courts Produce Other Psychosocial Benefits?

Although by no means a household word, “drug courts” have been among the most studied criminal justice interventions of the past two decades. So what are these courts, and why do they matter?

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The Internet Black Widow

The Internet Black Widow

When some journalist awards a case a sobriquet like The Railway Rapist, or the Moors Murderers that the media has got its teeth into the case and will shake as much life out of it as possible.

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The Campaign for Eddie Gilfoyle’s Murder Conviction to be Squashed

The Campaign for Eddie Gilfoyle’s Murder Conviction to be Squashed

The ability of people to keep their most desperate, innermost thoughts hidden from those around them is surely something that juries ought to be reminded of in cases where a death could be suicide or murder…

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TAKING CRAP TO COURT

TAKING CRAP TO COURT

The ponderousness, and consequent unnecessary expense, of many legal processes was brought home to me yet again with my recent appearance as […]

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