Overview

Innocent people are regularly convicted of crimes they did not commit. A number of systemic factors have been found to contribute to wrongful convictions, including eyewitness misidentification, false confessions, informant testimony, official misconduct, and faulty forensic evidence. In Miscarriages of Justice in Canada, Kathryn M. Campbell offers an extensive overview of wrongful convictions, bringing together current sociological, criminological, and legal research, as well as current case-law examples. For the first time, information on all known and suspected cases of wrongful conviction in Canada is included and interspersed with discussions of how wrongful convictions happen, how existing remedies to rectify them are inadequate, and how those who have been victimized by these errors are rarely compensated. Campbell reveals that the causes of wrongful convictions are, in fact, avoidable, and that those in the criminal justice system must exercise greater vigilance and openness to the possibility of error if the problem of wrongful conviction is to be resolved.

Full Product Details

Author:   Kathryn Campbell
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 26.20cm
Weight:   0.920kg
ISBN:  

9780802091246

ISBN 10:   0802091245
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   28 May 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2: Eyewitness Identification and Misidentification Chapter 3: The Role of Legal Professionals in Contributing to Wrongful Convictions: Police Chapter 4: The Role of Legal Professionals in Contributing to Wrongful Convictions: Prosecutors, Defense Counsel, and the Judiciary Chapter 5 - False Confessions Chapter 6 - In-custody Informants Chapter 7 - DNA Evidence: Raising the Bar Chapter 8 -Forensic Evidence and Expert Testimony Chapter 9 - Conventional Remedies through the Courts and Conviction Review Chapter 10 - Commissions of Inquiry: Lessons Learned Chapter 11 - Compensation: The ""Obstacle Course"" Chapter 12 - The Impact of Public Lobbying on Wrongful Convictions: The Role of the Media, Lobby Groups and Innocence Projects Chapter 13: Lessons from Other Jurisdictions Chapter 14 - Final Conclusions"

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"""Miscarriages of Justice is a darkly compelling book not because it is sensational, but because it is so matter of fact."" -- Holly Doan * <em>Blacklock’s Reporter</em>, May 16, 2020 *"

Miscarriages of Justice is a darkly compelling book not because it is sensational, but because it is so matter of fact. -- Holly Doan * <em>Blacklock's Reporter</em>, May 16, 2020 *

""Miscarriages of Justice is a darkly compelling book not because it is sensational, but because it is so matter of fact."" -- Holly Doan * <em>Blacklock’s Reporter</em>, May 16, 2020 *

Author Information

Kathryn M. Campbell is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. She is also the faculty director of Innocence Ottawa, a pro-bono, student run innocence project that assists individuals who have been wrongly convicted.

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