Overview

Safety from False Convictions is the first book to develop a comprehensive modern safety theory for the criminal justice system, akin to safety mechanisms broadly accepted in space, aviation, engineering, transportation, and other areas. In this book, Professor Sangero identifies the criminal justice system as a Safety-Critical System , an area that deals with matters of life and death, and where any error is likely to cause grave and irreparable harm to both the individual and society. This book expands on Professor Sangero's seminal article A Safety Doctrine for the Criminal Justice System (with co-author Mordechai Halpert), to develop a modern safety theory and explore ways to reduce the incidence of false convictions in the criminal justice system. Safety from False Convictions explains why implementing safety in criminal law is necessary, both morally and economically, and provides specific safety rules for certain types of evidence and criminal law procedures. Professor Sangero's specific proposals include a blueprint for implementing the crucial Identify-Analyze-Control method that uses Nancy Leveson's STAMP ( System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes ). He also formulates safety rules for inculpatory evidence and criminal procedures.

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Author:   Boaz Sangero
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
ISBN:  

9780199988020

ISBN 10:   0199988021
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   18 July 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction ; I. The Need for Safety in the Criminal Justice System ; 1. General ; 2. False Convictions Do Occur and at an Unrecognized High Rate ; 3. The Moral Duty to Adopt Safety Measures in the Criminal Justice System ; 4. Economic Justification for Investing in Safety in the Criminal Justice System ; 5. Possible Objections ; 6. Summary ; II. Fundamentals of Modern System-Safety ; 1. The History of System-Safety ; 2. Basic Definitions ; 3. System Safety Process: Identify; Analyze; Control ; 4. Risk Assessment ; 5. Fundamental Safety Concepts ; 6. Common Methods of System Safety ; 7. Redundancy ; 8. The Duty to Report Accidents and Incidents (Near Accidents) ; 9. System Safety Engineering versus Black-Box Testing ; 10. Safety in Medical Diagnostic Devices ; 11. STAMP: System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes ; 12. Summary ; III. Safety in the Criminal Justice System - General Principles ; 1. General ; 2. Defining Safety in the Criminal Justice System ; 3. The Hidden Accidents Principle in Criminal Law ; 4. Why a Single Piece of Evidence Should Not Be Sufficient for a Conviction: Bayes' Theorem and Medical Diagnostics ; 5. Adjusting the Beyond-a-Reasonable-Doubt Standard to a Safety Doctrine ; 6. Neutralizing the Conception of the Suspect's Guilt: Insights from Psychology ; 7. Pursuing the Ultimate Goal of Gathering and Submitting Accurate Evidence ; 8. Starting with Fly-Fix-Fly ; IV. Applying Modern Safety in the Criminal Justice System ; 1. General ; 2. Establishment of a Safety in the Criminal Justice System Institute (SCJSI) ; 3. Accidents (False Convictions) and Incidents Reporting Duty ; 4. Safety Education and Training and a Culture of Safety ; 5. Identify-Analyze-Control in the Criminal Justice System ; 6. An Ongoing Process of Improvement ; 7. Redundancy ; 8. Summary ; V. Safety in Specific Types of Evidence ; 1. General ; 2. UnSafety in Forensic Sciences Evidence ; 3. Safety Measures ; 4. Confessions ; 5. Eyewitness Identification ; VI. Safety in Criminal Procedures ; 1. General ; 2. Police and Prosecution Negligence and Misconduct ; 3. Plea Bargains ; 4. Post-Conviction Proceedings ; Conclusion ; Index

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Boaz Sangero is a Professor of Law, and the Head of the Criminal Law & Criminology Department at the College of Law and Business, Israel. He has written over fifty books and articles for leading law journals published in Israel, the United States, and England. His book, Self-Defence in Criminal Law (2006) has been cited many times and reviewed in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies and the Cambridge Law Journal.

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