Preface
PART ONE: FAITH AND JUSTICE
CHAPTER 1: The Credibility Crisis
PART TWO: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
CHAPTER 2: In Defence of the Need to Punish
CHAPTER 3: Conditional Justice
CHAPTER 4: The Injustice of Parole
PART THREE: GETTING OFF ON TECHNICALITIES: THE RULE OF LAW
CHAPTER 5: Defining Crime
CHAPTER 6: Getting Off on Technicalities
PART FOUR: PROVING GUILT AND MAINTAINING INNOCENCE
CHAPTER 7: The Specific Allegation
CHAPTER 8: Presumed Innocent
CHAPTER 9: Closing Our Eyes to Find the Truth
CHAPTER 10: Abandoning the Search for the Truth
PART FIVE: JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE
CHAPTER 11: Forgiving Human Weakness
CHAPTER 12: Kill or Be Killed: The Law of Self-Defence
CHAPTER 13: Losing Control: Provocation and Excusing the Inexcusable
CHAPTER 14: The Abuse Excuse: “Psychobabble” and the Protection of Basic Values
CHAPTER 15: Disordered Minds: Insanity, Automatism, and Intoxication
PART SIX: THE ROLE OF THE VICTIM
CHAPTER 16: The Sad Truth About Victims’ Rights
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 17: Responding to the Credibility Crisis
Notes