The Legal Rights of the Convicted - Belbot, Barbara (LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010)
The Legal Rights of the Convicted makes a unique scholarly contribution to an important and emerging field. It is a comprehensive examination of the legal rights of convicted offenders. Belbot and Hemmens do more than simply discuss court cases and legal doctrines. They provide both the historical and political context in which the decisions were rendered. The text is especially good at "helping students appreciate the prison environment and how the legal issues that prisoners raise are impacted by that unique setting. The text introduces students to the place where law intersects with co