Description: Further DetailsTitle: Blind InjusticeCondition: NewEAN: 9780520287952ISBN: 9780520287952Publisher: University of California PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 10/10/2017Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 454gAuthor: Mark GodseyLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful ConvictionsISBN-10: 0520287959Description: In this unprecedented view from the trenches, prosecutor turned champion for the innocent Mark Godsey takes us inside the frailties of the human mind as they unfold in real-world wrongful convictions. Drawing upon shocking, yet true, stories from his own career, Godsey shares how innate psychological flaws and the "tough on crime" political environment experienced by judges, police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and juries can cause investigations to go awry, leading to the convictions of innocent people. Each chapter explores a distinct psychological human weakness inherent in the criminal justice system-confirmation bias, memory malleability, credibility-determining errors, tunnel vision, cognitive dissonance, bureaucratic denial, "group think" mindsets, and dehumanization-and then illustrates each human weakness with true stories from Godsey's time as a prosecutor and innocence lawyer. Part confessional, Godsey takes us back to his days as a hard-nosed prosecutor and brings to life the law enforcement mindset that leads to wrongful convictions in a way unprecedented. This book also analyzes the criminal justice system's internal political pressures.How does the fact that judges, sheriffs, and prosecutors are elected officials impact how they view cases, especially since re-elections are based on showing tough stance on crime? How can defense attorneys provide appropriate support for their clients when many are overworked and underpaid? And how do juries overcome their own bias that those in power or with influence-police, prosecutors, and expert witnesses-know more about what the evidence means? Godsey sheds a harsh light on the unintentional yet routine injustices committed by those charged with upholding justice. Yet in the end, he recommends structural, procedural, and attitudinal changes that can hopefully restore justice to the criminal justice system.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Blind Injustice
Title: Blind Injustice
EAN: 9780520287952
ISBN: 9780520287952
Release Date: 10/10/2017
Release Year: 2017
Subtitle: A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongf
ISBN-10: 0520287959
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Blind Injustice : a Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: Judicial Power, Discrimination & Race Relations, Evidence, General, Criminal Law / General, Penology, Criminology, Criminal Law / Sentencing
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Law, Social Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Mark Godsey
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
