Presumption of guilt : the global overuse of pretrial detention / Martin Schönteich ; org. Open Society Foundations
Autor institucional: SCHÔNTEICHIdioma: Inglês.Publicação: New York : Open Society Foundations, 2014Descrição física: 269 p. : il.; digitalizado + ISBN: 9781936133840Assunto: 105594 | 549 | 1320 | 1637 | 1638 | 10559 | 5071Localização e Cota : 343.8SCH Resumo: Around the world, millions are effectively punished before they are tried. Legally entitled to be considered innocent and released pending trial, many accused are instead held in pretrial detention, where they are subjected to torture, exposed to life threatening disease, victimized by violence, and pressured for bribes. It is literally worse than being convicted: pretrial detainees routinely experience worse conditions than sentenced prisoners. The suicide rate among pretrial detainees is three times higher than among convicted prisoners, and ten times that of the outside community. Pretrial detention harms individuals, families, and communities; wastes state resources and human potential; and undermines the rule of law.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Monografias | Biblioteca da Direção-Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais | 343.8SCH (Browse shelf) | 8077 | Available | DGRSP80771047368 |
Consultado em 13 de março de 2017 https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/presumption-guilt-09032014.pdf anexo
Around the world, millions are effectively punished before they are tried. Legally entitled to be considered innocent and released pending trial, many accused are instead held in pretrial detention, where they are subjected to torture, exposed to life threatening disease, victimized by violence, and pressured for bribes. It is literally worse than being convicted: pretrial detainees routinely experience worse conditions than sentenced prisoners. The suicide rate among pretrial detainees is three times higher than among convicted prisoners, and ten times that of the outside community. Pretrial detention harms individuals, families, and communities; wastes state resources and human potential; and undermines the rule of law.
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