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"From policing the streets to tracking down criminals, robots are making it possible for us to enforce the law like never before. In this exciting high-tech series, readers will discover how robots are revolutionizing how we protect our communities and uphold the law"--Provided by publisher.
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El libro documenta un hecho histórico nunca antes revelado en sus detalles: la estrategia que determinó la extradición del expresidente Alberto Fujimori al Perú. El relato se ubica entre los años 2005 y 2006, periodo en que Fujimori abandonó territorio japonés luego de casi cinco años de permanencia, para aterrizar intempestivamente en Chile el 6 de noviembre de 2005.
Al dejar su cómoda residencia en Japón, el entonces prófugo Fujimori...
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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 rejects it instead, resisting it vigorously. The question...
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"The Hemp Handbook: Understanding the Laws of Hemp, CBD, and Marijuana" is an enlightening guide penned by renowned attorney Mark Nicholson. With his legal experience, Nicholson navigates the complex landscape of laws governing hemp, CBD, and marijuana.
The book serves as a vital resource for anyone interested in understanding the intricacies of the rapidly evolving cannabis industry. From growers and consumers to entrepreneurs and investors, Nicholson's...
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An examination of the forces and events that led to the most successful organized crime control initiatives in American history
Since Prohibition, the Mafia has captivated the media and, indeed, the American imagination. From Al Capone to John Gotti, organized crime bosses have achieved notoriety as anti- heroes in popular culture. In practice, organized crime grew strong and wealthy by supplying illicit goods and services and by obtaining control...
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Get the Summary of Ann Rule's Heart Full of Lies in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Heart Full of Lies" delves into the perplexing murder case that shook the serene "Oregon Alps." In 2000, district attorney Dan Ousley faced a confounding murder in Wallowa County, where undersheriff Rich Stein discovered a body by the Lostine River. Liysa Ann Northon, the wife of the deceased, claimed self-defense against her husband,...
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Single-parent families succeed. Within these families children thrive, develop, and grow, just as they do in a variety of family structures. Tragically, they must do so in the face of powerful legal and social stigma that works to undermine them.
As Nancy E. Dowd argues in this bold and original book, the justifications for stigmatizing single-parent families are founded largely on myths, myths used to rationalize harshly punitive social policies....
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Trial attorneys are storytellers. They make human beings and the situations they find themselves in come to life in the courtroom, for the benefit of the jury. Gregg Naclerio is a storyteller. In You Can't Make This Stuff Up, he brings the people he encountered during his long career as a trial attorney to life for a wider audience-his readers. His war stories are tear-inducingly funny and tear-inducingly sad. What's never at doubt is Gregg Naclerio...
10) Crimes of Honor: Formal and Informal Adjudicatory Systems in India and Pakistan to Enforce and Co
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This study presents a comparative analysis of the formal and informal legal systems in India and Pakistan in relation to honour crimes. The two countries share a common historical context that is reflected in their socio-cultural ethos. This study analyses the commonalities in their historical contexts, the invasion of the subcontinent, the intrusion and inclusion of foreign settlers, and the factors that contributed towards the creation and maintenance...
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Winner, 2018 Law & Legal Studies PROSE Award
The consequences of big data and algorithm-driven policing and its impact on law enforcement
In a high-tech command center in downtown Los Angeles, a digital map lights up with 911 calls, television monitors track breaking news stories, surveillance cameras sweep the streets, and rows of networked computers link analysts and police officers to a wealth of law enforcement intelligence.
This is just a...
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Investigating cinema under the magnifying glass
From a look at classics like Psycho and Double Indemnity to recent films like Traffic and Thelma & Louise, Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown show that criminological theory is produced not only in the academy, through scholarly research, but also in popular culture, through film. Criminology Goes to the Movies connects with ways in which students are already thinking criminologically through engagements...
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Alex Peterson as he navigates the harrowing aftermath of being falsely accused of a crime he did not commit. Set against the backdrop of a legal system fraught with complexities and injustices, this compelling narrative delves deep into the complexities of trust, resilience, and the pursuit of justice in the face of overwhelming adversity.
14) I Wore a Badge
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I was in Law Enforcement for forty-five years. Thirty Years with the Jackson County Sheriff's Department in Illinois as a patrol Sergeant, and fifteen years with the Southern Illinois Airport as the Police Chief.
This book contains some of the calls I was on during my career. This consists of homicides, suicides, etc. There is also down time while on patrol, and I included some humorous things that we did during that time.
Hopefully, this will give...
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"The study of memory had become my specialty, my passion. In the next few years I wrote dozens of papers about how memory works and how it fails, but unlike most researchers studying memory, my work kept reaching out into the real world. To what extent, I wondered, could a person's memory be shaped by suggestion? When people witness a serious automobile accident, how accurate is their recollection of the facts? If a witness is questioned by a police...
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No one in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, was surprised when Eric Thomas, a popular young local doctor, sued the Ford Motor Company for the wrongful death of his pregnant wife, Tracy. After all, the accident they were involved in was minor, and they were driving a big, powerful Explorer, a family vehicle. Nevertheless, Tracy died in the accident, leaving behind not just her husband but also her cherished young daughter, Alix, whom Eric Thomas would...
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De la obra de Cesare Beccaria se ha escrito que «fermentó en las conciencias, renovó las instituciones y cambió las costumbres, hasta convertirse en patrimonio moral, inconsciente pero irrenunciable, de toda la humanidad». En ella, escrita con apenas veinticinco años, catalizó un buen conocimiento de las atrocidades del proceso penal de la época; una imaginación sensible y vigorosa capaz de conferir a la denuncia inéditas plasticidad y eficacia;...
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El ser humano ha olvidado quién es, el Derecho que tiene sobre su cuerpo y el planeta Tierra. Ha olvidado que el universo es prosperidad y abundancia y que es heredero de todo. He vivido bajo esclavitud consentida, aceptando tiranos, amos y líderes que le digan lo que puede o no puede hacer, y cree que es reo de las circunstancias, en vez de dueño de su destino. Ahora puede conocer quién es y el derecho que tiene sobre su propia criatura y sobre...
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La "predeterminación" y la "premeditación" son dos conceptos diferentes en el ámbito de la criminología y la justicia penal, aunque ambos están relacionados con la planificación y ejecución de delitos.
La "predeterminación criminal" se refiere a la idea de que ciertos individuos tienen una predisposición o mayor riesgo de involucrarse en actividades delictivas debido a factores genéticos, biológicos, ambientales y sociales. Esta perspectiva...
20) Law School Survival Guide: Outlines and Case Summaries for Torts, Civil Procedure, Property, Cont
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Get the big picture with TellerBooks Law School Survival Guides--the DEFINITIVE study aid, with: - Concise overviews of the black letter law-ideal for class prep and exam mastery;- Over 600 case holdings, including all of the major cases that law students are expected to study;- A detailed glossary covering the most frequent terms that students will encounter;- Streamlined outlines highlighting the essentials; and- A thorough, concept-driven index...