5 edition of The Popular Policeman and Other Cases found in the catalog.
Published
January 22, 2006
by Amsterdam University Press
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Written in
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | 286 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL12808310M |
| ISBN 10 | 9053567631 |
| ISBN 10 | 9789053567630 |
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John Monahan, Professor of Law, University of Virginia Wagenaar and Crombag display eloquence as writers, and their flair for narrative combined with faithfulness to science makes this book a remarkable work on psychology and law. The Popular Policeman and Other Cases by Willem Albert Wagenaar,available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide.
The Popular Policeman and Other Cases: Willem Albert Wagenaar: /5(7). William Twining, Professor of Jurisprudence, University College, London 'The Popular Policeman and Other Cases is a rare find: a book that is both good science and a good read.' John Monahan, Professor of Law, University of Virginia 'Wagenaar and Crombag display eloquence as writers, and their flair for narrative combined with faithfulness to science makes this book a remarkable work on /5(K).
The popular policeman and other cases: psychological perspectives on legal evidence. [Willem Albert Wagenaar; Henricus Florentine Maria Crombag] -- In this compelling title, two distinguished scholars share their experiences as expert witnesses in cases ranging from eyewitness testimony, person identification and recovered memories, to false.
In this book, the three authors offer The Popular Policeman and Other Cases book of more than incidents in which officers shot an "unarmed" individual. It is an honest and dispassionate examination of events based on mostly open-source information.
The authors found in some cases that the officers involved were justified and in others not justified in squeezing the trigger. Countdown City: The Last Policeman Book II (The Last Policeman Trilogy) by Ben H.
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The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien: an expert investigation Bestselling author Michael Foley celebrates a comic, Kafkaesque masterpiece and explores what makes it great. Bouza has dedicated his police career and expert witness career to upholding these principles, in defense equally of the police acting lawfully and of those persons harmed by police misconduct.
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This deservedly popular book examines a genuine case to get under the skin of real investigative techniques and provide a useful background to the origins of police : Guardian Staff.The Washington Post. " [The] weird, beautiful, unapologetically apocalyptic Last Policeman trilogy is one of my favorite mystery series."—John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns.
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