The Legal Rights of the Convicted, Second Edition

The second edition offers an updated discussion of relevant and current case law. New topics, including juvenile life without parole (LWOP), habeas corpus for enemy combatants, and transgendered inmates were addressed. New sections on DNA collection and testing, Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), and deportation of legal residents were included in the updated edition. More significant court cases and their summaries were also added to the end of the book.

Barbara Belbot is Chair and Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Houston-Downtown. She holds a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University. Dr. Belbot has published numerous articles on criminal-justice related topics. Her primary research interests are institutional corrections, corrections law, and civil liability issues for criminal justice professionals. Craig Hemmens is Chair and Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University. He holds a J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University. Professor Hemmens has published nineteen book and more than one hundred articles on a variety of criminal-justice related topics. His primary research interests are criminal law and procedure and corrections. Michael Cavanaugh has a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Houston-Downtown. Dr. Cavanaugh s research interests include public policy questions, substance abuse issues, and a wide range of legal issues. He has published articles in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, and the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.