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Criminal justice in the United States and Germany: history, modernization, and reform = Strafrecht in den Vereinigten Staaten und Deutschland

Criminal justice is a salient and controversial political issue in both Germany and the United States. Public perception is often dominated by media sensationalism and dramatized images of popular culture, while experts tend to focus on institutions and procedures. This volume brings together contri...

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Other Authors: Berg, Manfred (Editor)
Format: Edited Volume
Language:English
German
Published: Heidelberg Winter 2006
Series:Publikationen der Bayerischen Amerika-Akademie 6
In: Publikationen der Bayerischen Amerika-Akademie (6)

Volumes / Articles: Show Volumes / Articles.
Subjects:
Aufsatzsammlung
USA
Rechtsvergleich
Strafrecht
Deutschland
Online Access:Verlag, Inhaltstext: http://deposit.dnb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2893933&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm
Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz261234323inh.htm
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Author Notes:ed. by Manfred Berg ...
Table of Contents:
  • African Americans and criminal justice in the American South: the convict lease system, 1868-1928 / Simon Wendt
  • Criminal justice, law enforcement and the end of lynching in the South / Manfred Berg
  • "Cruel and unusual punishments": on the history and constitutionality of executions and the death penalty in the United States / Jürgen Martschukat
  • Why does America still have a death penalty? / Peter A. Ozanne
  • Domestic violence in the United States of America: a reform success / Annette Jolin
  • The Constitution and the sentencing process: does modern presumptive sentencing respect defendants' rights? / Emily Silverman
  • American criminal justice as four metaphors / Stefan J. Kapsch
  • Bürgernahe und gemeinwesenorientierte Polizeiarbeit in Deutschland / Wiebke Steffen
  • Bekämpfung der häuslichen Gewalt in Deutschland / Andreas Peilert
  • Entwicklungen in der Strafzumessung / Bernd von Heintschel-Heinegg
  • Strafvollzugsreformen in Deutschland / Frank Arloth
  • The German pilot program on electronic monitoring / Markus Mayer
  • Bürgerstrafrecht oder Feindstrafrecht? / Frank Streng

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