Based on first-hand accounts, the book is a definitive retrospective and the first detailed history/analysis of the unit. A supreme record of an 'iconic' social experiment which includes diverse and largely unpublished materials.
Focuses on the hazards of discrimination due to race, gender and class - faced by black women in contact with the criminal justice process of England and Wales. This book includes accounts of black women prisoners and other black people concerning their treatment by and impressions of 'the system.'
Offers an overview of the Criminal Justice System, its framework, institutions, practitioners and working methods. This book describes the wide-ranging developments and changes that have taken place in relation to crime prevention, public safety and the punishment of offenders.
There was a quaint British convention under which executions were stopped and sentence commuted to life imprisonment if scheduled to take place on the day the sovereign died. Alfred Moore was doubly unfortunate: he was on the scaffold an hour before the death of King George VI was announced, protesting his innocence to the end.
A case that casts a dark shadow over British Justice. Michael O'Connell investigates every small detail with especial reference to the foibles of the lawyers, investigators and scientists involved as Stefan Kiszko was convicted for the murder of Lesley Molseed.
Part fact, part fiction and inspired by the author’s calamitous attempts to become a professional, Football’s Tallest Tales spans every aspect of The Beautiful Game and tells of the many fascinating characters he met along the way.
Based on the experience of bringing-up a dyslexic child, From Percy to Peter deals with the myths and realities of dyslexia. By an experienced teacher of children of various ages.