Politics and the legal process (Harper's American political behavior series)

Eisenstein, James

Harper&Row

Criminal Courts and the Guilty Plea Process. Peter F.Nardulli, author. Free tracking.

TENOR OF JUSTICE

Flemming, Roy B.

Nardulli, Peter F.

Reference

University of Illinois Press

Play of Power

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Bedford/St.Martins

Intended for use in undergraduate American Government courses at the introductory level. This Brief Edition of PLAY OF POWER includes just the first 16 chapters of the longer text.

Play of Power: An Introduction to American Government

Vaughn, Jacqueline

Williams, R. Bruce

Kessler, Mark

Science & Math

Cengage Learning'

Intended for use in undergraduate American Government courses at the introductory level. This Brief Edition of PLAY OF POWER includes just the first 16 chapters of the longer text.

The Contours of Justice provides a framework for describing and understanding criminal courts throughout the United States by depicting the functions of criminal courts in nine middle-sized counties in three states. It integrates concepts from each of the three traditional theoretical approaches to court analysis: the individual, organizational, and environmental approaches. The authors approach the courts as communities composed of judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys rather than as "legal institutions" applying formal law. They analyze the differences in culture, technology, physical setting, the customary ways of arriving at guilty pleas, as well as other aspects of the courts. The authors also incorporate information about the political and economic characteristics of the communities that the courts serve, along with the basic functions of scheduling cases and assigning personnel to cases. The portraits of the nine courts present the day-to-day activities of judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys that lead to the decisions about the fates of the defendants brought to the courts. This comparison not only provides a vivid picture of actual court function, but allows an assessment of the process that leads to ideas for reform.

The contours of justice: Communities and their courts

Little,Brown

The Contours of Justice: Communities and Their Courts

Rules & Procedures

Scott, Foresman Co.

The Contours of Justice provides a framework for describing and understanding criminal courts throughout the United States by depicting the functions of criminal courts in nine middle-sized counties in three states. It integrates concepts from each of the three traditional theoretical approaches to court analysis: the individual, organizational, and environmental approaches. The authors approach the courts as communities composed of judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys rather than as "legal institutions" applying formal law. They analyze the differences in culture, technology, physical setting, the customary ways of arriving at guilty pleas, as well as other aspects of the courts. The authors also incorporate information about the political and economic characteristics of the communities that the courts serve, along with the basic functions of scheduling cases and assigning personnel to cases. The portraits of the nine courts present the day-to-day activities of judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys that lead to the decisions about the fates of the defendants brought to the courts. This comparison not only provides a vivid picture of actual court function, but allows an assessment of the process that leads to ideas for reform.

Mardulli, Peter F.

Criminal Law

University Press of America

The final volume of a trilogy (begun with The Contours of Justice and The Tenor of Justice) based on a large-scale, complex study of nine criminal courts. Explains how criminal court policies reflect tensions or harmony among judges on the bench, and identifies and illustrates patterns of dominance and conflict within courthouse communities.

The Craft of Justice: Politics and Work in Criminal Court Communities (Anniversary Collection)

University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection

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 interpret the results, providing a model widely used and cited for broader studies. Originally published in 1977 by Little, Brown and Company.

Felony Justice

Jacob, Herbert

Social Sciences

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