The criminal costs of wrongful convictions

Research In this article, we examine criminal offending by true perpetrators after innocent people are arrested and convicted for their crimes. After investigating a set of cases in which DNA was used to exonerate the innocent and to identify the guilty party, we identified 109 true perpetrators, 10...

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Authors: Norris, Robert J. (Author) ; Acker, James R. 1951- (Author) ; Redlich, Allison D. (Author) ; Bonventre, Catherine L. (Author) ; Weintraub, Jennifer N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2020]
In: Criminology & public policy
Year: 2020, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 367-388
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Crime Control
due process
Exoneration
Framing
Innocence
Miscarriage of justice
True perpetrator
Wrongful conviction
Wrongful liberty