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Clinician's Guide to Child Custody Evaluations by Marc J. Ackerman. New York: Wiley, pp. 315. ISBN 0-471-05252-3 (hardback, £38.50).

Psychology and Policing in a Changing World by Peter B. Ainsworth. Chichester. Wiley. pp. 266. ISBN 0-471-94225-1 (hardback £24.95); ISBN 0-471-95607-4 (paperback £15.95).     

Reviews: Editorial commentary

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Home Truths about Child Sexual Abuse: Influencing Policy and Practice: A reader Catherine Itzin (4) Routledge, London, 2000. ISBN0415 15261 5 (hbk) f55.0O/f18.990415 152623 (pbk) £18.99

Child Sexual Assault: Feminist perspectives Pat Cox, Sheila Kenhaw andJoy Trotter (eds) Palgrave, London. 2000. 248pp. ISBN 0 333 77153 2. (hbk) £45.00

Athletes and Acquaintance Rape Jeffrey R Benedict Sage (Violence Against Women Series). London, 1998. 120pp ISBN 0 7619 0966 4 (hbk) f47.00 / 0 7619 0967 2 (pbk) £19.00

Whistleblowing in the Social Services: Public accountability and professional practice Geoffrey Hunt (ed.), Foreword by Allan Levy, QC Edward Arnold, London, 1998. 278pp. ISBN 0 340 65245 4 (pbk) £18.99     

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Stalkers and their Victims. By Paul E. Mullen, Michele Pathé and Rosemary Purcell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 310 pp. ISBN 0 521 66950 2 (pb).

Violence: Reflections on Our Deadliest Epidemic. By James Gilligan. London: Jessica Kingsley, 2000. 320 pp. ISBN: 1-85302-842-8 (paperback), €12.95.

Violence, Crime and Mentally Disordered Offenders: Concepts and Methods for Effective Treatment and Prevention. By S. Hodgins and R. Müller-Isberner (Eds.). Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2000. ISBN 0-471-97727-6.     

Review essay: Confronting sexual exploitation in sport

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Spoilsports: Understanding and preventing sexual exploitation in sport C.H. Brackenridge London, Routledge, 2001. 304pp ISBN 0 419 25770 5 (hbk). £60.00, ISBN 0 419 25780 2 (pbk), £19.99

The Dome of Silence: Sexual harassment and abuse in sport S. Kirby, L. Greaves and O. Hanhivsky Halifax, NS, Fernwood Books/London, Zed Books, 2000, 175pp. ISBN 1 85649 963 4 (hbk) £36.95, 1 85649 962 6 (pbk), £12.95

Sexual Harassment in Sport: Issues, impact, and challenges K. Volkwein-Caplan and G. Sankaran Aachen, Germany, Meyer & Meyer, ISBN 1 84126 059 2, (pbk), £12.95, 126pp     

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Psychology in prisons. By David J. Cooke, Pamela J. Baldwin, and Jacqueline Howison. London: Routledge, 1993. Pp. 147. Paperback. ISBN 0-415-09714-2 (£10.99)

Memory-enhancing techniques for investigative interviewing: the cognitive interview. By Ronald P. Fisher and R. Edward Geiselman. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas 1992. Pp. 220. ISBN 0-398-05800-8 ($49.75)     

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Trauma and Memory L M Williams and V L Banyard Sage, 1999, 347pp £19.99 (pbk) ISBN 0 7619 0772 6     

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Reckless Legislation: How Lawmakers Ignore the Constitution by Michael A. Bamberger. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000. Pp.ix + 233. $32 hb ISBN 0 8135 2732 5.

An Accidental MP by Martin Bell. London: Viking, 2000. Pp.230 £16.99 hb ISBN 0 670 89231 9.

Politico's Guide to Parliament by Susan Child. London: Politico Publishing, 1999. Pp.vi + 461 £25 hb ISBN 1 902301 23 4.

The European Parliament by Richard Corbett, Francis Jacobs and Michael Shackleton. London: John Harper, 4th edn, 2000. £37.50 hb ISBN 0 953 62782 9; £14.95 pb ISBN 0 953 62781 0.

The C‐Span Revolution by Stephen Frantzich and John Sullivan. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. Pp.xiv + 433. $14.95 pb ISBN 0 8061 3130 6.

Pivotal Politics: A Theory of U.S. Lawmaking by Keith Krehbiel. Chicago, IL and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998. Pp.xvi + 258. £39.55 hb ISBN 0 226 45271 9; £13.50 pb ISBN 0 226 45272 7.

Legislative Enterpreneurship in the U.S. House of Representatives by Gregory Wawro. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 2000. Pp.xiv+193. $39.50 hb ISBN 0 472 11153 1.     

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The Emergence of the East European Parliaments: The First Steps by Attila Ágh. Budapest: Hungarian Centre of Democracy Studies, 1994. Pp.306; NP. ISBN 963 7415 96 3

Parliaments in the Modern World: Changing Institutions edited by Gary W. Copeland and Samuel C. Patterson. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1994. Pp.xii + 180; £14.35 (paperback). ISBN 472 08255 8

The Evolving Role of Parliaments in Europe edited by Cees Flinterman, Aalt Willem Heringa and Lisa Waddington. Anterp: MAKLU Uitgevers. Pp.111; BF 975 (paperback). ISBN 90 6215 403 4

Democratic Legislative Institutions: A Comparative View by David M. Olson. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp.xvi + 183. $47.50 (hardback); $19.95 (paperback). ISBN 1 56324 8 and 315 6

Parliaments in Transition: The New Legislative Politics in the Former USSR and Eastern Europe edited by Thomas F. Remington. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. Pp.x + 246. $49.95 (hardback). ISBN 0 8133 8814 7

Westminster's World: Understanding Political Roles by Donald Searing. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. Pp.498. £34.95. ISBN 0 674 9507 2

Parliamentary Control in the Nordic Countries edited by Matti Wiberg. Helsinki: The Finnish Political Science Association, 1994. Pp.364; $30 (paperback). ISBN 951 96131 7 X     

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The Politics of Central Europe by Attila Ágh. London: Sage Publications Ltd, 1998. Pp.xii + 244. £15.99 pb ISBN 0 7619 5032 X.

Legitimacy and the European Union by David Beetham and Christopher Lord. Harlow: Addison Wesley Longman Ltd, 1998. Pp.viii + 144. £11.99 pb ISBN 0 582 30489 X.

Party Discipline and Parliamentary Government edited by Shaun Bowler, David M. Farrell and Richard S. Katz. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1999. Pp.ix + 304. $59.95 hb ISBN 0 8142 0796 0; $22.50 pb ISBN 0 8142 5000 9.

Conscience and Parliament edited by Philip Cowley. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1998. Pp.204 £35 hb ISBN 0 7146 4836 1; £16.50 pb ISBN 0 7146 4388 2.

The House of Lords: Its Parliamentary and Judicial Roles edited by Brice Dickson and Paul Carmichael. Oxford: Hart Publishing Ltd, 1999. Pp.258. £30 hb ISBN 1 84113 020 6.

Namibia's Post‐Apartheid Regional Institutions: The Founding Years by Joshua Bernard Forrest. Woodbridge, Suffolk: University of Rochester Press, 1999. Pp.xviii + 408. £40 hb ISBN 1 58046 028 3.

Bakom Riksdagens Fasad by Magnus Hagevi. Göteburg: Akademiförlaget, Corona, 1998. Pp.314 pb ISBN 91 24 16844 0.

Feminist Perspectives on Public Law edited by Susan Millns and Noel Whitty. London: Cavendish Publishing Limited, 1999. Pp.xviii + 306. £19.95 pb ISBN 1 85941 480 X.

Senates: Bicameralism in the Contemporary World edited by Samuel C. Patterson and Anthony Mughan. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1999. Pp.xii + 360. $52 hb ISBN 0 8142 0810 X; $19.95 pb 0 8142 5010 6.

Deliberative Democracy in Australia: The Changing Place of Parliament by John Uhr. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp.xvi + 265. £45 hb ISBN 0 521 62458 4; £15.95 pb ISBN 0 521 62465 7.

Pursuit of Justices: Presidential Politics and the Selection of Supreme Court Nominees by David Alistair Yalof. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1999. Pp.x + 296. £19.50 hb ISBN 0 226 94545 6.     

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Elites, Parties and Democracy: Festschrift for Professor Mogens N. Pedersen edited by Erik Beukel, Kurt Klaudi Klausen and Poul Erik Mouritzen. Odense: Odense University Press, 1999. Pp.xii + 341. DKK 350 hb ISBN 87 7838 506 7.

Horses in Midstream: U.S. Midterm Elections and their Consequences 1894–1998 by Andrew E. Busch. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburg Press, 1999. Pp.ix + 254. $45 hb ISBN 0 8229 4105 8; $19.95 pb ISBN 0 8229 5705 1.

Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts by David T. Canon. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1999. Pp.xiv + 324. £35 hb ISBN 0 226 09270 4, £13 pb ISBN 0 226 09271 2.

Rulemaking: How Government Agencies Write Law and Make Policy by Cornelius M. Kerwin. Washington DC: CQ Press, 1998 Second Edition. Pp.x + 294. $28.95 pb. ISBN 156802 418 5.

The Republican Takeover of Congress edited by Dean McSweeney and John E. Owens. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press Ltd, 1998. Pp.xii + 202. £42.50 hb ISBN 0 333 66965 7.

When Women Lead: Integrative Leadership in State Legislatures by Cindy Simon Rosenthal. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Pp.xiv + 240. £35 hb ISBN 0 19 511540 6.

Reforming the House of Lords: Lessons from Overseas by Meg Russell. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.xi + 368. £18.99 hb ISBN 0 19 829831 5.

EU Committees as Influential Policymakers edited by M.P.C.M. Van Schendelen. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998. Pp.xiv + 294 £42.50 hb ISBN 1 84014 724 5.

The Dignity of Legislation by Jeremy Waldron. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp.xiii + 206. £35 hb ISBN 0 521 65092 5, £12.95 pb ISBN 0 521 65883 7.     

Book reviews

Electronic Contracting, Publishing, and EDI Law Michael S Baum and Henry H Perritt, Jr Wiley Law Publications 1991. ISBN Q 471 53135 9

The Law of Electronic Commerce: EDI, Fax and E‐Mail Technology, Proof and Liability Benjamin Wright Little, Brown and Company 1991. ISBN Q 316 95632 5 $95

Crime and the Computer Martin Wasik Oxford University Press 1991. ISBN 0 19 825621 3 £35

Broadcasting: the New Law Nicholas Reville Butterworths ISBN 0 406 001375 £16

Regulating the Media Thomas Gibbons Sweet and Maxwell ISBN 0 421 37450 0 £27.50

Legal Protection of Computer Software Ranald Robertson Longman 1991. ISBN 0 851 21684 6 £35

The Computerised Lawyer: a Guide to the Use of Computers in the Legal Profession Philip Leith Springer‐Verlag 1991.

Winning with Computers: Trial Practice in the 21st Century John C Tredennick Jr, Editor ABA Section on Law Practice Management 1991. ISBN 0 89707 658 3 $90

The Age of Information Stephen Saxby Macmillan 1990. ISBN 0 333 54832 9 £25

Computer Security: Hackers Penetrate DOD Computer Systems: Testimony before the Subcommittee on Government Information and Regulation, Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate (A General Accounting Office Report) James Brock, Jr 1991. GAO/T‐IMTEC‐92–5

Computer Contracts Morgan and Stedman (4th Edition) Longman Commercial Series 1991. ISBN 0–85121–6854 £60     

BOOK REVIEWS

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VIOLENT CRIME: ASSESSING RACE AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES. Hawkins, Darnell F. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, 2003, 432 pp., 17 chapters, ISBN: 0-521-62297-2. Reviewed By Shaun L. Gabbidon.

POLICING AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES: BRIDGING THE GAP. Jones-Brown, Delores D., and Karen J. Terry (Eds.). Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004, 209 pp., ISBN: 0-13-027017-2. Reviewed By Shawn Riva Donaldson.     

Insurance,the negligent solicitor and the disappointed beneficiary

LEGAL REALISM AT YALE 1927–1960. By Laura Kalman. [University of North Carolina Press, 1986. ISBN 0 8078 1677 9; 314 pp. (inc. index). £33.25.]

A LAMENT FOR THE LAW COMMISSION. by R. T. Oerton. [Countrywise Press Ltd. Hardback 117 pp. £13.50.]

PUBLIC ORDER—THE NEW LAW. By R. CARD. [Butterworths 1987. ISBN 0 406 50440 7.224 pp. £12.50 Gimp).]

PUBLIC ORDER—A GUIDE TO THE 1986 PUBLIC ORDER ACT. By J. Marston. [Fourmat 1987. ISBN 1 85190 024 1.189 pp.]

OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER. By A T. H. Smith. [Sweet &; Maxwell/Police Review 1987. ISBN 0 421 36580 3 326 pp. £14.95 (limp).]

PUBLIC ORDER LAW. By P. Thornton. [Financial Training 1987. ISBN 1 85185 040 6. 266 pp. £10.95 (limp).]

STUDIES IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. By Colin R. Munro. [Burterworths. 1987. 220 pp. ISBN 0406 26144 X]

BUSINESS LAW. By N. Savage and R. Bradgate. [Butterworths. 1987. xxx and 541 pp. inc. index.]

SEX, RACE AND THE LAW. By Jeanne Gregory. [Sage Publications. 1987. 216 pp. £7.95 (paperback).]

RAPE ON TRIAL. By Z. Adler. [Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1987. viii and 195 pp.]; RAPE AND THE LEGAL PROCESS. By J. Temkin. [Sweet &; Maxwell. 1987. xx and 221.]

MINORS: THE LAW AND PRACTICE. By Kenneth W. Pain. [Fourmat Publishing. 1987. xvii and 293 pp. (inc. index). £16.95 (paperback).]

COHABITATION: THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS. By Dawn Oliver [CCH Editions Limited. 1987. xvi and 140 pp. (inc. index). £12.50 (paperback).]

CRIMINAL LAW IN A NUTSHELL. By Marianne Giles. [Sweet &; Maxwell. 1987. 121 pp. £3.95.]

GLOAG AND HENDERSON'S INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF SCOTLAND. By A. B. Wilkinson and W. A Wilson. [W. Green and Sons Ltd. 1987. clii and 1020 pp. (inc. index). £45.00.]

SCOTTISH CASES AND MATERIALS IN COMMERCIAL LAW. By Douglas J. Cuisine and Angelo D. M. Forte. [Butterworths. 1987. xxvi and 396 pp. (inc. index). £23.95.]     

Drama workshops for anger management and offending behaviour

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Drama workshops for anger management and offending behaviour. By James Thompson. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 1999. p. 143. Paper, $14.95. ISBN 1 85302 702 2.     

Reviews

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SEXUALITY IN ADOLESCENCE Susan Moore & Doreen Rosenthal Routledge, London, 1993, pp241 £12.99 ISBN 0-415-07528-9

CONFRONTING RAPE: THE FEMINIST ANTI-RAPE MOVEMENT AND THE STATE Nancy A. Matthews Routledge, London, 1994, pp188 £12.99, ISBN 0 415 06491 0

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: A GUIDE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Celia Doyle Chapman & Hall, London, 1994, pp290 £15.99 ISBN 0 412 46960 X

NOT IN FRONT OF THE GROWN-UPS: A STUDY OF THE SOCIAL AND SEXUAL LIVES OF 15 AND 16 YEAR OLDS Julia Hirst Pavic Publications, Sheffield, 1994, pp 112 £7.50 ISBN 0 86339 4345

SEXUAL OFFENDING AGAINST CHILDREN: ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF MALE ABUSERS Tony Morrison, Marcus Erooga and Richard Beckett (eds.) Routledge, London, 1994 £13.99 (paperback) ISBN 415 05505 9     

Migrations of manuscripts index 1978–91

Sussex Coroners’ Inquests 1558–1603. R.F. Hunnisett. London. 1996. Public Record Office Publications, xlviii + 216 pp. (incl. Indexes). £20 hb. ISBN 1–873162–28–6.

Absolute Monarchy and the Stuart Constitution. Glenn Burgess. New Haven and London. 1996. Yale University Press, x + 229 pp. (incl. Index). £25. Hardback. ISBN 0–3–06532–9

Women Before the Bar: Gender, Law &; Society in Connecticut, 1639–1789. Cornelia Hughes Dayton. Chapel Hill. 1995. University of North Carolina Press, xv + 382 pp. (incl. Index). $49.95 hb; $18.95 pb. ISBN 0–8078–2244–2; 0–8078–4561–2.

Ratio legis Falcidiae. Die Falzidische Rechnung bei Zusammentreffen mehrerer Erbschaften in einer Hand. Dietmar Schanbacher. (Freiburger Rechtsgeschichtliche Abhandlungen, Neue Folge, 22). Berlin. 1995. Duncker &; Humblot. 253 pp. (incl. Index). DM 98 pb. ISBN 3–428–08482–9. ISSN 0720–6704.

Der Kampf urns Recht: Forschungsband aus Anlass des 100. Todestages von Rudolf von Jhering. G. Luf and W. Ogris (eds.). Berlin. 1995. Duncker &; Humblot. 148 pp. DM 98 hb. ISBN 3–428–08435–7.     

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THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE: CLOSING THE CIRCLE OF INDEPENDENCE. Duke E. Pollard. The Caribbean Law Publishing Company, Limited 2004, 365 pp., 7 Chapters. ISBN 976-8167-41-4. Reviewed by Camillo M. Gonsalves.

CARIBBEAN DRUGS: FROM CRIMINALIZATION TO HARM REDUCTION. Axel Klein, Marcus Day, and Anthony Harriott (eds.). London, UK: Zed Books Limited, Ian Randle Publishers and DrugScope, 2004, 245 pp., ISBN 1-84277-499-9. Reviewed by Wilson R. Palacios.     

The hidden origins of enorm lesion

Plato's Penal Code: Tradition, Controversy and Reform in Greek Penology. Trevor J. Saunders. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1991. xvii + 414pp. (incl. Indexes). £50 hb. ISBN 0 19 814893 3.

Roman Marriage: Iusti Coniuges from the time of Cicero to the time of Ulpian. Susan Treggiari. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1991. xv + 578pp. (incl. Indexes). £65 hb. ISBN 0 19 814890 9.

Marriage, Divorce and Children in Ancient Rome. Edited by Beryl Rawson. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. xiv + 252pp. (incl. Index). £35 hb. ISBN 0 19 814918 2.

Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe. J.A. Brundage. University of Chicago Press, 1987. xxiv + 674pp. (incl. Index). £21.50 pb. ISBN 0 226 07784 5.

Church Courts, Sex and Marriage, in England, 1570–1640. M. Ingram. Past and Present Publications, Cambridge University Press, 1987. xiii + 412pp. (incl. Index). £45 hb. ISBN 0 521 386551.

The Medieval Canon Law. Teaching, Literature and Transmission. (The Sandars Lectures in Bibliography: 1987–1988). Dorothy M. Owen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. xii + 82pp. £25 hb. ISBN 0 521 39313 9.

Notaries Public in England since the Reformation. C.W. Brooks, R.H. Helmholz and P.G. Stein. Norwich: The Erskine Press for the Society of Public Notaries of London, 1991. ix + 148pp. (incl. Index). £60.00 hb. £29.95 pb. ISBN 1 85297 0340.

The Common Law and English Jurisprudence 1760–1850. Michael Lobban. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. xvi + 315pp. (incl. Index). £35.00 hb. ISBN 019 825293 5.

Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and Rural Middlesex, c. 1660–1725. Robert B. Shoemaker. Cambridge: The University Press, 1991. xxviii + 352pp. (incl. Index). £40/$64.50 hb. ISBN 0 521 40082 1.

The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century, Peter Linebaugh. London: Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1991. xxvii + 484pp. (incl. Index). £25 hb. ISBN 0 713 99045 7.

American Jurisprudence 1870–1970: A History. James Herget. Houston, Texas: Rice University Press, 1990. x + 367pp. (incl. Index.) $35.00hb. ISBN 0 89256 305 0.

Deutsche Juristen aus fünf Jarhunderten. G. Kleinheyer and J. Schröder. Heidelberg: C.F. Muller, 1989. 415pp. (incl. Index.) DM 34.80 pb.

Quellen zur Reform des Straf‐ und Strafprozessrechts, III Abteilung, NS‐Zeit (1933–1939), Band 1. Edited by J. Regge and W. Schubert et al. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1991. xxi + 648 pp. (incl. Index.) DM 498.

Quellen zur Reform des Straf‐ und Strafprozessrechts, III Abteilung, NS‐Zeit (1933–1939), Band 2, 1 Teil. Edited by J. Regge and W. Schubert et al. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1991. xxxi + 772 pp. (incl. Index.) DM 598.