age ~45
from Lansdale, PA
…Acker took her last name from her first husband, Robert Acker; though named Karen, she was known as Kathy by her friends and family. She studied classics as an undergraduate at Brandeis University and aspired to write novels but moved to San Diego to further pursue her studies. Acker's first...
In Examining Wrongful Convictions: Stepping Back, Moving Forward, the premise is that much can be learned by ''stepping back'' from the focus on the direct causes of wrongful convictions and examining criminal justice systems, and the sociopolitical environments in which they operate. Expert scholar...
Author
Allison D. Redlich, James R. Acker, Robert J. Norris, Catherine L. Bonventre
Binding
Paperback
Pages
384
Publisher
Carolina Academic Press
ISBN #
1611632528
EAN Code
9781611632521
ISBN #
5
The third edition of America's Experiment with Capital Punishment has been expanded and updated to include several important developments since the publication of the second edition in 2003. New evidence is presented about the incidence of wrongful convictions, racial and geographical disparities in...
Author
James R. Acker, Robert M. Bohm, Charles S. Lanier
Binding
Paperback
Pages
774
Publisher
Carolina Academic Press
ISBN #
1611633850
EAN Code
9781611633856
ISBN #
3
The second edition of America's Experiment with Capital Punishment is an updated and expanded version of the comprehensive first edition. Authored by the country's leading legal and social science scholars, it includes information concerning racial disparities in the administration of the death pena...
Author
James R. Acker
Binding
Paperback
Pages
824
Publisher
Carolina Academic Press
ISBN #
0890890641
EAN Code
9780890890646
ISBN #
2