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"A society's response to young offenders conveys important messages about its attitude to youth and has a significant implications for its futue. This book is intended to give an introduction to the laws governing young people who come into conflict with the law. It has a particular focus on Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act." "While the primary focus of this book is on the legal issues that arise in the youth justice system, the book is premised on the belief that youth justice issues must be understood in a broader context. This book includes some discussion of constitutional, evidentiary, and procedural issues that are relevant to youth justice; it also explores some of the ethical and practical issues that confront lawyers and other professionals working in the youth justice system. The book considers the broader social and political context for issues of adolescent offending and youth justice."--BOOK JACKET

Intro -- YOUTH IN THE ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -- YOUTH IN THE ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 YOU'RE AN ADULT NOW: YOUTH IN ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE ISSUE OF JUVENILES IN THE ADULT CORRECTIONS SYSTEMS, AND WHERE ARE THERE GAPS IN DATA COLLECTION AND INFORMATION? -- III. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, IMPACTS AND OPTIONS FACING PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS WHEN YOUTH ARE AWAITING TRIAL ON ADULT CHARGES? -- IV. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, IMPACTS AND OPTIONS FACING PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS WHEN YOUTH ARE CONVICTED, AND COMMITTED TO THE ADULT SYSTEM? -- V. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, IMPACTS AND OPTIONS FACING PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS WHEN YOUTH WHO CONVICTED IN ADULT COURT ARE ON PROBATION OR PAROLE? -- Community Supervision - Corrections' Stepchild? -- Options for Corrections Systems, and Federal, State and Local Policymakers -- VI. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX I: SUMMARY OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPENDIX II: ATTENDEES AND CONTRIBUTORS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 TRYING JUVENILES AS ADULTS: AN ANALYSIS OF STATE TRANSFER LAWS AND REPORTING -- A MESSAGE FROM OJJDP -- ALL STATES SET BOUNDARIES WHERE CHILDHOOD ENDS AND ADULT CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY BEGINS -- Transfer Laws Alter the Usual Jurisdictional Age Boundaries for Exceptional Cases -- Most States Have Multiple Transfer Mechanisms -- Nearly All States Give Courts Discretion to Waive Jurisdiction Over Individual Cases -- In Presumptive Waiver Cases, the Burden of Proof Shifts to the Juvenile -- State Laws May Require Juvenile Court Judges to Waive Jurisdiction in Certain Cases -- Nonjudicial Transfer Cases Bypass Juvenile Courts Altogether -- Prosecutors' Discretion to Opt for Criminal Handling Is Often Unfettered -- Statutory Exclusion Laws Restrict Juvenile Courts' Delinquency Jurisdiction

Struggling for companionate justice -- Crimes of justice -- The notion of international legal personality -- Traditional recognition of Palestine -- Violations of international peremptory criminal law -- The mens rea of political laundering crucifying Al-Quds/Jerusalem -- Actus reus of the declaration implying the guilty mind -- Characterising dignity through the exploitation of legal personality -- Conclusion.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Gun Control, Mental Incompetency, and Social Security Administration Final Rule* -- Summary -- Introduction -- Brady Act, NICS, and Firearms Ineligibility -- Mental Incompetency and Firearms Ineligibility -- NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 -- Federal Department and Agency Requirements Under NIAA -- Attorney General's Authority to Secure Records -- Record Accuracy and Confidentiality -- Records Prohibited from Inclusion in NICS -- Relief from Mental Defective Disability -- Notice of Firearms Eligibility Loss and Disability Relief -- Senate Action in the 114th Congress -- Manchin-Toomey Amendment -- Murphy Amendment -- Grassley Amendments -- P.L. 114-255 Provision -- VA Implementation of NIAA -- Individuals Who Have Their Names Reported to NICS -- How Are Affected Individuals Notified by the VA and What Information Is Provided? -- How Do Affected Individuals Have Their Records Removed from the NICS? -- SSA Implementation of NIAA -- Individuals Who Would Have Their Records Reported to the NICS -- How Would Affected Individuals be Notified by SSA and What Information Would be Provided? -- How Would Affected Individuals Have Their Records Removed from the NICS? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 -- Sifting Domestic Terrorism from Hate Crime and Homegrown Violent Extremism* -- Domestic Terrorism -- Hate Crime -- The Harpham Case -- Homegrown Violent Extremism -- Chapter 3 -- The State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report: Scope, Aid Restrictions, and Methodology* -- Summary -- Introduction -- TIP Report Scope -- Reporting Requirements in the TVPA -- Required Country Lists in the TIP Report -- Other Required Information in the TIP Report -- Reporting Requirements in the CSPA -- Reporting Requirements Related to the Special Watch List -- Relationship to the Tier 2 Watch List

"Criminal Law for Criminologists uses theoretical and practical research to bridge the gap between 'the law in the books' (criminal law doctrine) and 'the law in action' (criminal justice process). It introduces the key policies and principles that drive criminal law in England, and then explains the law itself in terms of relevant statute and case law. Starting with an outline of the basic principles and theories of criminal law and criminal justice, the author goes on to discuss: Criminal law and criminal justice in historical perspective, General principles of criminal law, including actus reus and mens rea, Specific types of criminal offence, including property, homicide, sexual, public order and drug offences, An overview of defences to crime, An appendix outlining essential legal skills. In examining the links between the worlds of criminal law and criminal justice, Criminal Law for Criminologists brings a fresh perspective to this field of research. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will be essential reading for students of criminology, criminal justice, law, cultural studies, social theory, and those interested in gaining an introduction to criminal law"--

"With the principle of tour de force, we refer to the use of the power of moral legality, the strength of statutes, and the fairness of judgments. A quantum force of moral legality and legal morality serves as an imperative force in the implementation of fair criminal justice, as well as in the prevention of future victims across the globe. Contrary to positivist ideas, the simple notion of morality contains within itself the very essence of international criminal norms. If the source of morality did not exist in the structure of our criminal justice, we could no longer call it criminal justice and would instead have to call it criminal revenge. Beyond the moral essence of international criminal justice, we also challenge the hidden illegality and immorality of certain attitudes. This is done in order to prevent acts which violate human rights law and criminal justice provisions. The codes of international human rights law cannot properly function without the comprehensive nature of morality which elevates the moral virtue of international criminal justice and strengthens the tour de force. One may observe that the principle of the tour de force of the moral virtue within the system of international criminal justice loses its legal power when governments attempt to justify their unjust decisions. This is the main reason why the major potential value of the tour de force of the moral virtue of human rights law and international criminal justice is not as strong as it should be. In order to achieve a vision of the tour de force of moral virtue, we need to establish a devoted influential ethical vision of the truth beyond political tradition. An unparalleled philosophical piece of literature for libraries"--

Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The study of the criminal -- Chapter 3. Criminal anthropology (physical) -- Chapter 4. Criminal anthropology (psychical) -- Chapter 5. The results of criminal anthropology -- Chapter 6. The treatment of the criminal -- Chapter 7. Conclusion -- Appendix A. -- Appendix B. -- Appendix C. -- Appendix D. -- Appendix E. -- Index -- Related Nova publications.

The statutes of the law of somebodiness criminalising the law of nobodiness -- The law of somebodiness in international criminal law -- International criminal law prohibiting the law of nobodiness -- The capstones of the law of somebodiness condemning the law of nobodiness -- The sculpture of justice in the law of somebodiness -- International criminal validity of the law of somebodiness -- Proceedings legalising the law of somebodiness and nullifying the law of nobodiness -- Indispensable criminal principles of the law of somebodiness -- The permanent international criminal court in the aquarium of justice -- The law of nobodiness violating international human rights criminal law collusion between the law of somebodiness and the law of nobodiness -- Conclusion.