Description:
This volume brings together the world-class scholarship of 23 widely acclaimed and influential contributing authors from North America and Europe. The latest research is presented in 18 chapters focusing on the frequency, causes, and consequences of wrongful convictions and other miscarriages of justice and offering recommendations for both legal and public policy reforms that can help reduce the causes of these errors while protecting public safety as well.
Review Quotes:
" . . . Professors Huff and Killias have brought together the very best scholars in a way that far surpasses any collection heretofore available. . . There is not a chapter in this book that can be skipped."
- Michael Radelet, University of Colorado
"I highly recommend this book to anyone who has the potential to come into contact with anyone facing a potential incarceration."-- Mark Handler, Polygraph