Murder, Manslaughter and Infanticide
Murder, Manslaughter and Infanticide

Author: Great Britain: Law Commission

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2006-11-29

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0102943680

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A Law Commission consultation paper 'A new homicide act for England and Wales?' was published as LCCP 177 (ISBN 0117302643) in April 2006.

Coercive Control
Coercive Control

Author: Evan Stark

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0195384040

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Drawing on cases, Stark identifies the problems with our current approach to domestic violence, outlines the components of coercive control, and then uses this alternate framework to analyse the cases of battered women charged with criminal offenses directed at their abusers.

Essays in the History of Canadian Law
Essays in the History of Canadian Law

Author: Susan Lewthwaite

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1994-12-15

Total Pages: 811

ISBN-13: 1442659084

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This fifth volume in the distinguished series on the history of Canadian law turns to the important issues of crime and criminal justice. In examining crime and criminal law specifically, the volume contributes to the long-standing concern of Canadian historians with law, order, and authority. The volume covers criminal justice history at various times in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. It is a study which opens up greater vistas of understanding to all those interested in the interstices of law, crime, and punishment.

Gangsterism
Gangsterism

Author: Karen Marie Katz

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9780779856800

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"The first publication to examine the phenomena of Canada's law of criminal organizations using a multi-disciplinary approach drawing on law, criminology and politics, Gangsterism: Canada's Law of Criminal Organizations gives you new insight on Canada's organized crime law and an enlightening perspective on the challenges of investigating, combatting, prosecuting and defending organized crime cases. This meticulously researched new resource presents a thorough assessment of the evolution of the Canadian criminal procedures to date, beginning from the enactment of criminal law, through policing, prosecution, and defence, and finally to sentencing, in dealing with offences related to criminal organizations."--Pub. desc.