Criminal Law and Procedure

Calculating Justice: Mathematics and Criminal Law

Online guide looking at the importance of maths in the administration of justice such as the role of statistics and probability in forensic evidence or eyewitness statements. The guide was written by Ken Strutin, who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association, and was published in December 2013 on LLRX.com. The guide gives commentary on and links to United States cases, legal articles and books. Not all of the resources linked to are freely available.

Unwarranted DNA Sampling: The Legacy of Maryland v. King

Online guide to the collection of DNA data for the purposes of criminal investigation in the United States. The guide was written by Ken Strutin, who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association, and was published in May 2014 on LLRX.com. Resources linked to include articles from law journals and US cases following on from the 2013 Maryland v. King decision which held that DNA could be routinely collected from people arrested by the police. LLRX.com (Law Library Resource Xchange) is a free online web journal for legal information professionals.

Independent Drug Monitoring Unit

Website of the Independent Drug Monitoring Unit an expert witness company carrying out research into drug prices, drug user surveys and other research and information on drugs. The site provides guidance to UK drug laws including drugs and driving and a selection of articles on drugs policy and issues such as taxation of drugs. There are also sections providing background information on individual drugs such as cannabis, ecstasy, amphetamine and cocaine. Other features of the site include a digest of news stories on drug issues from around the world and a directory of related web links.

Death Penalty Worldwide

This website provides information and analysis relating to death penalty law and practice in around 90 countries. It was established by Professor Sandra Babcock of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern Law School's Bluhm Legal Clinic in the US, in partnership with the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. The site’s main component is the Death Penalty Database, covering capital offences; treaty ratifications; national and international cases; methods of execution; statistics on death sentences and executions; and other topics.

Pre-trial, detention, bail and due process

Online guide providing access to sources of information relating to the administration of bail and due process in the United States. The guide was written by Ken Strutin, who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association, and was published in July 2011 on LLRX.com. Summaries and links to legal articles, cases, standards, reports and studies are given covering the Constitution, the Bail Reforrn Act 1984, pre-trial detention, pre-trial release and human rights issues.

Zeno's Forensic site

This website is provided by Zeno Geradts, a forensic scientist at the Digital Evidence section of the Netherlands Forensic Institute. It contains information on forensic science, including a collection of links to related websites, FAQs on becoming a forensic scientist, a discussion forum, and the author's presentations, publications and blog.

Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is the part of the criminal justice system which investigates serious fraud in the business and financial sector in the United Kingdom. Its website provides information on the purpose and structure of the organisation and sections of the site deal with fraud, bribery and corruption, victims and witnesses. There are recent press releases, its operational handbook and annual reports from 1996 onwards. The latter contain details of cases prosecuted and frauds under investigation.

Inquiry into Crown Prosecution Service Decision-Making in Relation to Deaths in Custody and Related Matters

This website provides full text access to the 1999 report of the Inquiry into Crown Prosecution Service Decision-Making in Relation to Deaths in Custody and Related Matters chaired by Gerald Butler QC. There are chapters dealing with the specific cases of Richard Joseph O’Brien, Oluwashijibomi Lapite and Derek John Treadaway and other death in custody cases.

Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: Report of an Inquiry by Sir William MacPherson of Cluny

Full-text report of the inquiry into the police investigation of the murder of the black teenager Stephen Lawrence which was published as Cm 4262-1 in February 1999. Volume one examines the racially motivated murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993, analyses the police handling of the case including the initial gathering of evidence at the scene, surveillance of suspects and the failure to prosecute the prime suspects. Recommendations for the reform of the Metropolitan Police service and UK police forces as a whole are made in the report.

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