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As the author notes, 'The early-modern European witch-hunts were neither orchestrated massacres nor spontaneous pogroms. Alleged witches were not rounded up at night and summarily killed extra-judicially or lynched as the victims of mob justice. They were executed after trial and conviction with full legal process'.

Shows how small things can make a difference. Contains many insights for professionals, students and others interested in young people in trouble.

Trust and Change explains the democratic basis of therapeutic communities (TCs) and what exactly happens in community meetings including those in prison. It deals with commonly asked questions about TCs and describes their four basic pillars: democratisation, tolerance, communality and reality confrontation as well as the 'no secrets' principle (commonly referred to as a footstool). It examines the need to create a culture of enquiry and ways of avoiding trauma and other risks. It shows how TCs integrate with normal prison regimes and locations and the arrangements for record keeping and auditing. Throughout, the book contains 'Thinking Points' and gives examples of typical structures and schedules together with the aims, purposes and rationale of key aspects of TC work.

A collection of poems and drawings by parents and children affected by imprisonment in the UK and abroad.

This first English translation takes the reader inside the mind of a young woman isolated from all she knew. Looks at the psychological and other effects of solitary confinement. A true story of how a seventeen-year-old paid harshly for her progressive beliefs. A valuable addition to the literature of political repression.

An exclusive insight into the mind, thinking and ground-breaking work of sex-offender expert Ray Wyre. Explains why we should listen to children and how we can increase the chances of making them safe. Shows how the author was left to unpick the chaos of Wyre's personal life.

New Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition: Contains extracts from Ray Wyre's revealing interviews with child serial-killer Robert Black (Wyre was the only person Black ever opened-up to). Analyses Black's murders of children, including Susan Maxwell, Caroline Hogg and Sarah Harper as well as his implied confession to the murder of Gennette Tate.

Ideal for outsiders, volunteers and others helping out with prisoners. Contains wise advice based on years of experience. Places imprisonment in a Christian context. Captures the essence of why some people end up in prison.

Describes how a man narrowly escaped the gallows in one of the UK's most famous murder acquittals. Peppered with snapshots of the times. Analyses competing views on Wallace's story. A key case in the annals of UK legal history.

The Maze Prison shows how an establishment built to hold those involved in terrorism, atrocities, murder and allied crimes during The Troubles became a pawn in the partisan conflict that was Northern Ireland.

A highly original narrative of exile and survival from rural England to New South Wales and the Tasman Sea filling a gap in the literature of transportation and dramatising a key period in British penal history.

Provides a compelling analysis of the failings of imprisonment. Sheds new light on this pressing topic. Explains why prisons do not work for most offenders.

Suitable for beginners and practitioners alike. The first concise treatment and highly topical. A gem for finance industry professionals, lawyers and students as well as ordinary investors (who like everyone else must avoid putting themselves at risk).

Satish Sekar shows how a miscarriage of justice destroyed families, divided communities and undermined confidence in the criminal justice system.

The Ouija board jury incident of 1994 is one of the most disconcerting in English legal history. In this first full-length treatment he emphasises the known facts, the constitutional dilemma of investigating even bizarre jury misbehaviour and how the trial involved one of the most serious murder cases of the decade in which two people were shot in cold blood.

An invaluable explanation of the 'nuts and bolts' of counselling in prison. Examines the challenges facing counsellors working with incarcerated clients. Includes disguised prisoner histories, contributions from Governors, other staff, counsellors and clients, and presented in an attractive easy-to-read format.

In August 1966, two weeks after England won the World Cup, and four miles from Wembley Stadium, Harry Roberts and his associates gunned down three unarmed police detectives in front of dozens of primary school children. The nation was outraged and struggled to understand what had happened.

The case of Stefan Kiszko casts a dark shadow over British justice. Totally unconnected to the murder of which he was convicted-that of a young girl Lesley Molseed-he spent 16 years in prison tormented as a sex-offender and suffering from what one expert described as 'delusions of innocence'.

Serial Killers looks at all serial murders in Britain from the 'gay murders' of Michael Copeland in 1960 to the Ipswich murders of 2006. Throughout, the work follows events from a social and victim-related perspective. With vast experience of working with serial killers behind him and from his studies, criminologist and ex-prison governor David Wilson concludes that we are not all at-risk everyday from what he terms 'hunting Britons', rather it is people from a variety of vulnerable groups: the elderly, women involved in prostitution, gay men, runaways, 'throwaways' and children and kids moving from place to place.

Colour photos edition. Whilst conventional outlaws used bows, arrows, and bullets to rob the rich to help the poor, St Yves challenged poverty and social inequality via argument, debate, reason and consensus.

Rejecting David Cameron's assertion that the riots were 'criminality, pure and simple' the evidence presented in this new book places the disturbances in an economic, global and social context

Traces the author's personal journey from 'main grade' probation officer, Home Office civil servant, trainer and inspector to top level positions within a number of academic institutions (notably at Leicester University and Loughborough University), with the Parole Board, key nationwide committees, mental health inquiries and beyond.

Fifty years after the Moors Murders and 15 years since Myra Hindley died in prison, after one of the longest sentences served by a woman, this book raises some delicate and searching questions. They include: "e;Why was Hindley treated differently?"e;, "e;Why do we need to create demons?"e; and "e;What impact does this have on our whole notion of crime, punishment and justice?"e;

Although well known to local people, the Tottenham Outrage of 1909 when two Latvian robbers, Jewish refugees, intercepted a payroll has been comparatively hidden to the wider world (unlike the notorious Siege of Sydney Street which took place two years later). Resulting in the most spectacular police pursuit in history it involved a hundred police officers and up to a thousand citizens in running to ground two desperate police killers.

A first-rate account of the jury - from its genesis to the present day - including post-Criminal Justice Act 2003. This book deals with all the great political and legal landmarks and shows how the jury developed - and survived to become a key democratic institution capable of resisting monarchs, governments and sometimes plain Law.Linking past and present, John Hostettler conveys the unique nature of the jury, and its central role in the administration of justice - but above all its importance as 'a thing of the people' and a barrier to manipulation and abuse of power.The Criminal Jury Old and New is a text that will be of interest to practitioners, collectors, students, researchers, libraries and colleges alike.

A comprehensive and accessible overview of the Criminal Justice System, its framework, institutions, practitioners and working methods that will be of interest to any reader seeking an up-to-date description of this important and historic sphere of public life. An informative, practical handbook that describes the wide-ranging developments and changes that have taken place in relation to crime prevention, public safety and the punishment of offenders.This is an informative, practical handbook that describes the wide-ranging developments and changes that have taken place in relation to crime prevention, public safety and the punishment of offenders. Highly acclaimed since first published in 1995, this new extensively updated edition of "e;The Criminal Justice System"e; covers the entire spectrum of the criminal process against a backdrop of the Common Law, legislation and human rights from investigation and arrest to trial, sentence, release from prison and parole, as well as such key reforms as the Ministry of Justice and new-style Home Office. The topics covered include: Investigation, arrest and charge; The police and policing; The Crown Prosecution Service; The courts of Law; Trial and sentence; Appeal and review; Due process; Judges and magistrates; Law officers; The Criminal Defence Service; Advocates and legal representation; and, Victims and witnesses.The topics covered also include: Interpreters; The Youth Justice System; The National Offender Management Service; The Probation Service; HM Prison Service; Imprisonment and parole; Independent Monitoring Board; The private sector; The voluntary sector; Strategy; Criminal policy; Cabinet committees; Partnership and working together; Community justice; Restorative justice; Constitutional affairs and human rights; Accountability, oversight, inspection and monitoring; and, Guidelines, codes, protocols and Best Practice. It offers a closely observed analysis of the twenty-first century Criminal Justice System which can be read on its own or in conjunction with the 'top-down' descriptions in The New Ministry of Justice and The New Home Office (also available from Waterside Press), Third Edition.

An ideal introduction for police recruits, criminal justice practitioners, criminologists and general readers. Written in a clear style and based on the experiences of author Peter Villiers who was for many years a tutor at the National Police Staff College.

Escalating resort to prisons, longer sentences, overcrowded and ineffective regimes, high rates of re-offending and eclectic penal policy all combine to fuel the crisis, whilst failing to reduce offending. This book argues that the symptoms of this penal malaise are grounded in the media sensationalism of crime.

The autobiography of an ex-offender and twice-times inmate of Barlinnie Prison, now a social work team-leader in his native Scotland. As a local hard case, author Allan Weaver took no prisoners. Neither does he in this compelling work in which he tells of a life of violent episodes and chaotic early life. Teachers, social workers and 'authority figures' never tried 'to get to know him' to unearth the clues and triggers and discover what his offending was all about. A natural rebel and a radical, it is hardly surprising that by ignoring the real Allan Weaver this led to an escalation of his violent activities, tensions between family and friends and dubious associates. So You Think You Know Me? is packed with contradictions: the Allan Weaver involved in mayhem and aggression is not the one telling the story from inside his own head: an often vulnerable, sensitive, articulate, unquestionably loyal and even-handed individual; mistaken, misguided and foolish perhaps but largely trapped by an increasing need to live up to his 'tough guy' reputation. That there can be any tidy ending to this graphic true-life account of approved school, assessment centres, care homes, borstal and Glasgow's notorious Barlinnie Prison is quite remarkable yet Allan Weaver survived to obtain a degree from Strathclyde University and to work on the inside of the Criminal Justice System with young people who, like he was, are in trouble with the Law. The punches that he now throws are directed towards the shortcomings of a system which he believes is failing to do all that it could to turn them away from crime and anti-social behaviour as he explains in this heartfelt autobiography. Essential reading for anyone involved with serious young offenders, especially those of a violent disposition.

Adversary trial emerged in England only in the 18th century. Its origins and significance have tended to go unrecognised by judges, Lawyers, jurists and researchers until relatively modern times when conflict has become a key social issue. Even now, there is a major dispute as to how and why adversary trial came into existence and little connection has been made with its contribution to the genesis of many rules of evidence and procedure and the modern-day doctrine of human rights - whereby citizens are able to take a stand against the power of the state or vested interests.John Hostettler is an eminent commentator on criminal justice and its History. In this book he focuses not only on the birth and meaning of adversary trial but also on the historic central role of the Lawyer and advocate Sir William Garrow. Hostettler assesses how deep-rooted is the notion of opposing parties in the common Law, the English psyche and thus within other countries such as the USA that have followed the same model - whereby Lawyers champion opposing causes.A main aim of the book is to provide an aid to understanding of present-day moves for reform in the direction of restorative methods by outlining the contribution that adversary trial has made to the development of common Law systems.