TITLE: Capital Punishment on Trial SUBTITLE: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America AUTHOR: David M. Oshinsky PUBLICATION DATE: April 14, 2010 PUBLISHER: University Press of Kansas PAGE COUNT: 160 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7006-1711-1 (Paper) 978-0-7006-1710-4 (Cloth) PRICE: $14.95 (Paper) $29.95 (Cloth) Oshinsky , a Pulitzer-prize winning historian…
@ the Center is the flagship e-newsletter of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). It highlights major projects, publications and conferences related to the work of NCSC.. Even though this newsletter is of redcent vintage (still Volume 1) it has already caught the attention of many in the judiciary.…
Volume 2 Number 1 January 7, 2010 State Courts & the Economy is an e-newsletter published by the National Center for State Courts. Contents of this issue: Courts Starting to Bear the Brunt of the Recession Close Some Courthouses, But Build New Ones, Too? Budget Cuts Go to Court State-by-State…
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Posted on behalf of the Court History and Public Education division of the Indiana Supreme Court. Please contact Ms. Sarah Hachey with your requests. The Indiana Supreme Court is pleased to announce the addition of two new FREE* publications to the Indiana Supreme Court Legal History Series. The Indiana Constitutional…
In his posting on the Blog Critics Culture Blog, William Lambers explains that bloggers can help Haiti by taking action through spreading the work about the suffering in that country and by showing how others can help. Although Lambers is referring in his post primarily to the World Food Programme,…
A report prepared by New York Governor David Paterson’s Task Force on Transforming Juvenile Justice released in December 2009. It “shines a harsh light” on the problems in New York’s prisons for juvenile offenders According to this Report, ” the problems are so acute that the state agency overseeing the…
An American Bar Association publication sponsored by the ABA Criminal Justice Section The State of Criminal Justice 2009 “Authors from across the criminal justice field provide essays on topics ranging from white collar crime to international law to juvenile justice. This annual publication examines and reports on the major issues,…
The Journal: Criminology is a journal, published quarterly, devoted to crime and deviant behavior. Disciplines covered include sociology, psychology, design, systems analysis, and decision theory. Major emphasis is placed on empirical research and scientific methodology. The journal’s content also includes articles which review the literature or deal with theoretical issues…