Criminal Justice Reform

Investigative and Forensic Negligence Within Law Enforcement, the Legal Profession, and the Judiciary
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-12-814476-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Criminal Justice Reform: Investigative and Forensic Negligence within Law Enforcement, the Legal Profession, and the Judiciary provides readers with an applied understanding of the day-to-day failings within the justice system, from a practical and human standpoint, and as an ancillary to the report of Forensic Science by the National Academy of Science in 2009, and the Report on Forensic Science by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in 2016. The book covers the specific reforms necessary to preserve the intended missions of those professionals in control of the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, prosecutors and the judiciary.

Zielgruppe

<p>Undergraduate and graduate students and instructors in forensic science, criminal justice and criminology programs. </p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Turvey, Brent E

Ciolino, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Justice System

Section 1 Professional Practice2. Hiring Practices3. Investigative Discretion at the State Level4. Investigative Discretion at the Federal Level5. Shaping the Record

Section 2 Institutional Culture6. Culture and Leadership7. Culture of Police Perjury8. Culture of Forensic Fraud9. Police Shootings

Section 3 Forensic Issues10. Politics of Prosecuting Crime11. The Right to a Competent Defense12. Probation and Parole13. Judicial Malpractice

Section 4 Criminal Justice Reforms14. Exposure and Accountability: Documentaries and Social Media15. Exposure and Accountability: The Realities of Civil Remedies16. The Justice System: Suggested Reforms

Über Autor(innen)

Turvey, Brent E
Brent E. Turvey spent his first years in college on a pre-med track only to change his course of study once his true interests took hold. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Portland State University in Psychology, with an emphasis on Forensic Psychology, and an additional Bachelor of Science degree in History. He went on to receive his Masters of Science in Forensic Science after studying at the University of New Haven, in West Haven, Connecticut.

Since graduating in 1996, Brent has consulted with many agencies, attorneys, and police departments in the United States, Australia, China, Canada, Barbados and Korea on a range of rapes, homicides, and serial/ multiple rape/ death cases, as a forensic scientist and criminal profiler. He has also been court qualified as an expert in the areas of criminal profiling, forensic science, victimology, and crime reconstruction. In August of 2002, he was invited by the Chinese People's Police Security University (CPPSU) in Beijing to lecture before groups of detectives at the Beijing, Wuhan, Hanzou, and Shanghai police bureaus. In 2005, he was invited back to China again, to lecture at the CPPSU, and to the police in Beijing and Xian - after the translation of the 2nd edition of his text into Chinese for the University. In 2007, he was invited to lecture at the 1st Behavioral Sciences Conference at the Home Team (Police) Academy in Singapore, where he also provided training to their Behavioral Science Unit. In 2012 Brent completed his PhD in Criminology from Bond University in Gold Coast, Australia.

He is the author of Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Editions (1999, 2002, 2008, 2011); co- author of the Rape Investigation Handbook, 1st and 2nd Editions (2004, 2011), Crime Reconstruction 1st and 2nd Editions (2006, 2011), Forensic Victimology (2008) and Forensic Fraud (2013) - all with Elsevier Science. He is currently a full partner, Forensic Scientist, Criminal Profiler, and Instructor with Forensic Solutions, LLC, and an Adjunct Professor of Justice Studies at Oklahoma City University. He can be contacted via email at: [e-mail].

Ciolino, Paul
Paul Ciolino is a life long resident of Chicago and was the first and only Homicide Investigation expert hired by 48 Hours and CBS News as an on air personality and expert. He has appeared in hundreds of news program on every major cable and television network in both the United States and Canada. His shows on CBS's 48 Hours averaged 6.5 million viewers per episode. He currently host the number one crime show in Chicago, (The PoPo Report) on WLS Radio on Saturday nights. He is the current president of The International Association of Forensic Criminologists (IAFC) He is the past president of The National Association of Legal Investigators, past president of The Special Agents Association, and former multi term board member of The Council of International Investigators. He is a former winner of The International Investigator of the year award and The Louisiana investigator of the year. Ciolino has authored or co-authored six books. His most recent book is: Dead In Six Minutes, The Biography of Dr. Stanley M. Zydlo Jr. MD, and the creation of the Paramedic profession. Published by Forensic Press, Sitka, AK, December 2016.