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    The State of Criminal Justice 2024

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    The State of Criminal Justice 2024

    This publication examines and reports on the major issues, trends and significant changes in the criminal justice system. The 2024 edition contains chapters focusing on specific aspects of the crimin…

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    Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers, Second Edition

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    Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers, Second Edition

    Depending on the statistics you read, approximately one-third of the inmates in U.S. jails and prisons have some sort of mental disability. It has become cliché to say that our jails and prisons have…

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    The Case for Eyewitness Identification Reform

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    The Case for Eyewitness Identification Reform

    By William Collins

    This book is a comprehensive guide to handling eyewitness identification, focusing on strategies for making the process fairer and more accurate.

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    Prosecutorial Misconduct: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyer

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    Prosecutorial Misconduct: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyer

    By Neal J Stephens and Amanda Stephens

    Discover how to identify prosecutorial misconduct in every phase of a criminal case - pre-indictment, pre-trial discovery, and trial. Prosecutorial Misconduct: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense…

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    Read Current Issue of Criminal Justice Magazine

    Our flagship periodical is available to read online for CJS members

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    Criminal Justice Section Newsletter

    Starting with the Fall 2024 issue, the Criminal Justice Section Newsletter will no longer be available in print format.

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    New Report: Judgment Drafting

    The first installment in a series of International Criminal Law Practice Project publications identifying best practices and providing practical guidance for common challenges faced by practitioners of international criminal law. Judgment Drafting addresses a range of issues unique to the complex judgments produced through atrocity crimes cases.

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    Criminal Justice Standards

    For fifty years, the ABA Criminal Justice Standards have guided policymakers and practitioners working in the criminal justice arena.

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    ABA Standards for Criminal Justice Dual Jurisdiction Youth, Fourth Edition

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    ABA Standards for Criminal Justice Dual Jurisdiction Youth, Fourth Edition

    By Criminal Justice Standards Committee

    Part of the ABA Standards on Criminal Justice, this is the development of ABA-enacted Standards and commentary on Dual Jurisdiction Youth, defined as youth who are involved in multiple legal systems.

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    The White Collar Crime Committee Newsletter

    With featured articles on white collar crime topics

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    Recent Books on Criminal Justice

    The Rule-Out Method of Criminal Defense

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    The Rule-Out Method of Criminal Defense

    By David Ball et al.

    The Rule-Out Method of Criminal Defense brings defense advocacy back to its intended strengths, teaching readers how to find and show plentiful reasonable doubts that counsel most often misses.

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    Advancing Equity at the Intersection of Race, Mental Illness, and Criminal Justice Involvement

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    Advancing Equity at the Intersection of Race, Mental Illness, and Criminal Justice Involvement

    By Deanna M Adams

    Mental illness and racial inequity are prevalent within the criminal justice system. This book provides key concepts necessary for attorneys to develop their own personal equity framework and approac…

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