Practicing forensic criminology /

Practicing forensic criminology /

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Author / Creator:Gotham, Kevin Fox, author.
Imprint:London ; San Diego : Academic Press, 2019.
Description:1 online resource (302 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Criminology.
Forensic sciences.
Crime.
Judicial error.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11895766
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Other authors / contributors:Kennedy, Daniel Bruce, author.
ISBN:0128155965
9780128155967
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
Case Example: Assessing Foreseeability and Standards of Care in a Locally Owned Hotel
Summary:Practicing Forensic Criminology draws on examples from actual court cases and expert witness reports and testimony to demonstrate the merits and uses of substantive criminological knowledge in the applied setting of civil law and the courts. Throughout the book, the authors provide a highly readable, informative discussion of how forensic criminologists can apply their research and teaching skills to assist judges and juries in rendering legal decisions. Engaging and lively, the chapters include excerpts from forensic criminological investigations, in-depth discussions of the methodological and analytical bases of these investigations, and important lessons learned from real litigation cases. Case examples are drawn from the forensic realms of premises liability, administrative negligence, workplace violence, wrongful conviction litigation, and litigation involving police departments and corrections facilities. Well referenced and thoroughly researched, Practicing Forensic Criminology serves as an introduction to the vast and heterogeneous field of forensic social science that is rapidly changing and expanding. This unique and original book guides readers through the research work of expert witnesses working as consultants, researchers, and crime analysts and investigators. Offering expert criminological insights into litigation cases, the chapters reveal how forensic social science research can be an effective mechanism for reaching beyond the academy to influence public policy reform and legal proceedings. Practicing Forensic Criminology will appeal to a diverse audience, including social scientists, criminal justice students and researchers, expert witnesses, attorneys, judges, and students of judicial proceedings seeking to understand the value and impact of criminology in the civil court system.
Other form:Print version: Fox Gotham, Kevin Practicing Forensic Criminology San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology,c2019 9780128155950
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Practicing Forensic Criminology; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction to the Practice of Forensic Criminology; Introduction; Goals and Objectives; Roles of the Practicing Forensic Criminologist in the U.S. Court System; Legal Backdrop and the Civil Litigation Process; Heterogeneity of Roles and Tasks of Forensic Criminologists; Criminalistics and Forensic Criminology; Place, Time, and Environmental Criminology; Plan of the Book; Chapter 2: Criminology on Trial: Science, Law, and the Admissibility of Expert Testimony; Introduction
  • Adversary and Ally: Interactions of Law and Science in Expert TestimonyRules Regarding the Legal Admissibility of Expert Testimony; Setting the Standards for Expert Testimony: The Significance of the Daubert Trilogy; Lessons of the Daubert Trilogy; Candor, Objectivity, and Ethics in Expert Testimony; Conclusions: As Criminology Meets the Forensic Realm; Chapter 3: Premises Liability for Negligent Security Litigation; Introduction; Establishing a Duty of Care: The Historical Development of Negligent Security Litigation; Foreseeability Approaches to Negligent Security Claims
  • Imminent Danger/Harm TestPrior Similar Incidents: History Is More Important Than Imminence; Totality of Circumstances Test; Balancing Test; Breach of Duty and Standards of Care; Causation: Cause-in-Fact and Proximate Causation; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Apartment Security I: Measuring and Analyzing Crime Foreseeability; Introduction; Home, Security, and Multifamily Housing; Apartment Security and Crime Foreseeability; Nature of the Neighborhood: Foreseeability of Crime by Place; Collecting and Analyzing Crime Data; National Law Enforcement Records; Local Law Enforcement Records
  • Additional SourcesOther Considerations; Case Example: Shooting in Parking Lot in Off-Campus Apartment Complex; Case Example: Apartment Assault and the Presentation of Forensic Criminological Evidence; Conclusions; Chapter 5: Apartment Security II: Standards of Care and Causation; Introduction; Options Not Standards: CCTV and Security Guards; Case Example: (In)Actions of Security Guard; Case Example: Offenders, Targets, and Guardians; Security Challenges and Standards of Care in Low-Income Housing; Case Example: Management Deficiencies and Security Role Conflict
  • Case Example: Security Force Reduction and Parking Lot ControlCase Example: Tenant Screening and the Principles of Crime Protection Through Environmental Design (CPTED); Conclusions; Chapter 6: Crime and Business I: Negligent Security Litigation Concerning Parking Facilities and Hotels/Motels; Introduction; Mass Private Property, Risky Facilities, and the 80/20 Rule; Parking Facilities; Case Example: Abduction and Murder in a Casino Hotel Parking Lot; Violation of Standard of Care; Case Example: Parking Lot Abduction; Hotels/Motels

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