Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. Journal articles can act as an ideal resource to help support your assignments and studies.

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Article 1: Harmon, T.R., & Lofquist, W.S. (October 2005). Too Late for Luck: A Comparison of Post-Furman Exonerations and Executions of the Innocent. Crime & Delinquency 51(4), 498-520.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What are the reasons for errors in justice outcomes that were studied in this article?
2. What other reasons not mentioned in this study might explain incidents of miscarriages of justice?
3. What were the results of this study?

Article 2: Manarin, B. (April 2002). Criminal Responsibility and Mental Health Experts: The A,B,Cs of Cross-Examination. Medicine, Science and the Law 42(2), 135-146.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Why is expert testimony not always received in court?
2. What qualities in an expert witness are important so as to endure a cross-examination?
3. Can these qualities/guidelines be applied to investigators on the witness stand?