Low Crimes And Misdemeanors
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Low Crimes And Misdemeanors
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Author : Jeff Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Infinity Pub
Release Date : 2009-10
Low Crimes And Misdemeanors written by Jeff Duncan and has been published by Infinity Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Low Crimes and Misdemeanors is an R-rated collection of tales about a rowdy kid and his rowdy friends growing up in a rowdy time and place-Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the forties and fifties.
A Treatise On Crimes And Misdemeanors
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Author : William Oldnall Russell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1857
A Treatise On Crimes And Misdemeanors written by William Oldnall Russell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1857 with Criminal law categories.
The Lower Criminal Courts
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Author : Alisa Smith
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-05-22
The Lower Criminal Courts written by Alisa Smith and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-22 with Law categories.
This book explores misdemeanor courts in the United States by focusing on the processing of misdemeanor crimes and the resultant consequences of conviction, such as loss of employment and housing, the imposition of significant fines, and loss of liberty—all amounting to the criminalization of poverty that happens in many U.S. misdemeanor courts. A major concern is the lack of due process employed in lower courts. Although the seminal case of Gideon v. Wainwright required the appointment of counsel to individuals too poor to hire counsel in felony cases, it was not until 1967, when the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice found a crisis in the lower courts, that the Supreme Court extended the right to counsel to some (though not all) prosecutions of misdemeanor offenses. The first step to improving our understanding of the lower courts is a concerted effort by scholars to focus on the processing and outcomes of misdemeanor cases. This collection begins to fill the void by providing a comprehensive review of the scholarly work on the lower courts in the United States. Collecting analysis from key academics engaged in work in this area today, the book reviews the varying specialized lower criminal courts, including specialty courts that have emerged in just the last couple of decades, along with discussions of the history, legal challenges, operation, primary actors (judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, and defendants), and current research on these courts. The book explores the profound consequences misdemeanor processing has for defendants and discusses the future of the lower criminal courts and offers best practices to improve them. The Lower Criminal Courts is essential for scholars and undergraduate and graduate students in criminology, sociology, justice studies, pre-law/legal studies, political science, and social work, and it is also useful as a resource providing legal practitioners with important information, highlighting the significance of consequences of misdemeanor arrests, detentions, and adjudications.
Why Misdemeanors Matter
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Author : Jenny Roberts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Why Misdemeanors Matter written by Jenny Roberts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
Most individuals accused in our nation's criminal courts are not charged with murder, rape, drug sales, or even less serious felonies. The vast majority of charges are in the lower courts, for misdemeanors such as marijuana possession, driving with a license suspension for failure to pay tickets, assault, disorderly conduct, or public intoxication. Misdemeanor adjudications have exploded in recent years, with one recent study estimating that the volume of misdemeanor cases nationwide has risen from five to more than ten million between 1972 and 2006. At the same time, violent crime and the number of felony cases across the country have decreased markedly. A common misperception is that misdemeanor charges might lead to a night in jail and the punishment of going through the process - often requiring a number of court appearances - culminating in dismissal, deferred adjudication, or a quick guilty plea with community service, a fine, or perhaps some small amount of jail time. Yet the consequences of even the most “minor” misdemeanor conviction can be far reaching, and include deportation, sex offender registration, and loss of public housing and student loans. In addition, criminal records are now widely available electronically and employers, landlords, and others log on to check them. These “collateral consequences” of a misdemeanor conviction are often more dire than any direct criminal penalty. What often stands between an individual and an avoidable misdemeanor conviction, with its harsh effects, is a good lawyer. Yet a profound crisis exists in the lower courts, brought about by a widespread lack of zealous representation for indigent people charged with misdemeanors. Many individuals charged with low-level crimes receive representation from defense attorneys with overwhelming caseloads, in a criminal justice system singularly focused on rapid finality in the large numbers of docketed cases. Despite this urgent situation, the body of scholarship on the right to effective representation and the indigent defense crisis has largely ignored misdemeanors. This Article describes how ineffective-assistance jurisprudence is undeveloped for misdemeanors and how published professional standards for defense advocacy have failed to address misdemeanors. There is almost no guidance about proper norms for this distinct category of cases. This Article calls for responses to the misdemeanor representation crisis from the three groups situated to make a difference in this area, based on their particular institutional competencies: the judiciary, the defender community, and professional organizations that draft standards for practice. Without proper administration, including effective defense representation, the current approach to mass misdemeanor processing and prosecution significantly impedes substantive justice for the individual, public perception of justice, and public safety.
Punishment Without Crime
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Author : Alexandra Natapoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-05-09
Punishment Without Crime written by Alexandra Natapoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-09 with categories.
From a prize-winning Harvard legal scholar, "a damning portrait" (New York Review of Books) of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new perspective on inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on extensive original research, legal scholar Alexandra Natapoff reveals the inner workings of a massive petty offense system that produces over thirteen million criminal cases each year, over 80 percent of the national total. People arrested for minor crimes are swept through courts where defendants often lack lawyers, judges process cases in mere minutes, and nearly everyone pleads guilty. This misdemeanor machine starts punishing people long before they are convicted, it punishes the innocent, and it punishes conduct that never should have been a crime. As a result, vast numbers of Americans--most of them poor and disproportionately people of color--are stigmatized as criminals, impoverished through fines and fees, and stripped of driver's licenses, jobs, and housing. And as the nation learned from the police killings of Eric Garner, George Floyd, and too many others, misdemeanor enforcement can be lethal. Now updated with a new afterword, Punishment Without Crime shows how America's sprawling misdemeanor system makes our entire country less safe, less fair, and less equal.
A Treatise On Crimes Misdemeanors
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Author : William Oldnall Russell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1824
A Treatise On Crimes Misdemeanors written by William Oldnall Russell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1824 with Criminal law categories.
Punishment Without Crime
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Author : Alexandra Natapoff
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-12-31
Punishment Without Crime written by Alexandra Natapoff and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-31 with Law categories.
A revelatory account of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals. Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new interpretation of inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on extensive original research, legal scholar Alexandra Natapoff reveals the inner workings of a massive petty offense system that produces over 13 million cases each year. People arrested for minor crimes are swept through courts where defendants often lack lawyers, judges process cases in mere minutes, and nearly everyone pleads guilty. This misdemeanor machine starts punishing people long before they are convicted; it punishes the innocent; and it punishes conduct that never should have been a crime. As a result, vast numbers of Americans -- most of them poor and people of color -- are stigmatized as criminals, impoverished through fines and fees, and stripped of drivers' licenses, jobs, and housing. For too long, misdemeanors have been ignored. But they are crucial to understanding our punitive criminal system and our widening economic and racial divides. A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018
A Treatise On Crimes And Indictable Misdemeanors
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Author : William Oldnall Russell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1828
A Treatise On Crimes And Indictable Misdemeanors written by William Oldnall Russell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1828 with Criminal law categories.
Misdemeanorland
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Author : Issa Kohler-Hausmann
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-27
Misdemeanorland written by Issa Kohler-Hausmann and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-27 with Law categories.
A criminal defense attorney, sociologist, and legal scholar takes readers inside New York City's lower criminal courts.
Misdemeanor Crime
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Author : John H. Lindquist
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Release Date : 1988-09
Misdemeanor Crime written by John H. Lindquist and has been published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-09 with Law categories.
Lindquist discusses the distinction between felonies and misdemeanors and the simplistic nature of current definitions. He examines the political power special interest groups can assert in determining the nature of misdemeanor crime and its use as a powerful tool of subjection in the hands of the state. Various categories of misdemeanor crime are presented, and the transgressors, their punishment, and their victims all discussed at length. Chapters cover street deviance crimes such as prostitution, drug and alcohol abuse, gambling, and homosexuality, as well as petty crime, family violence and child abuse, and obsenity and pornography.