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Felony Justice: An Organizational Analysis of Criminal Courts

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Felony Justice: An Organizational Analysis of Criminal Courts - Eisenstein, James, Professor, and Jacob, Herbert
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In a break with prior research, this book compares the disposition of 4500 felony defendants' cases in Baltimore, Chicago and Detroit in 1972, examining the role of judge, prosecutors and defense attorneys by relying on observation and the interview process. Descriptions of the factors shaping the outcomes of preliminary hearings, courtroom dispositions, and sentences rely on multivariate analysis of case and defendant variables drawn from court and prosecutor files. It uses the organizational approach to analyze and ...

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Felony Justice: An Organizational Analysis of Criminal Courts 1991, University Press of America, Lanham, MD

ISBN-13: 9780819180889

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