Courts

by Spohn

• ISBN13: 9781412997188
• ISBN10: 1412997186
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-11
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Courts: A Text/Reader provides the best of both worlds- authored text sections with carefully selected accompanying readings that illustrate the questions and controversies legal scholars and court researchers are investigating in the 21st century. The articles, from leading journals in criminology and criminal justice, reflect both classic studies of the criminal court system and state-of-the-art research, and often have a policy perspective that makes them more applied, less theoretical, and more interesting to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: Courts and Case Processing

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Courts

How to Read a Research Article

Readings

The Process Is the Punishment: Handling Cases in a Lower Criminal Court

The Honest Politician?s Guide to Juvenile Justice in the Twenty-First Century

The Rehnquist Court and Criminal Justice: An Empirical Assessment

Wrongful Conviction: Perceptions of Criminal Justice Professionals Regarding the Frequency of Wrongful Conviction and the Extent of System Errors

Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys

Readings

Violated Trust: Conceptualizing Prosecutorial Misconduct

Prosecutorial Justifications for Sexual Assault Case Rejection: Guarding the ?Gateway to Justice?

Prosecutorial Discretion in Seeking Death: An Analysis of Racial Disparity in the Pretrial Stages of Case Processing in a Midwestern County

Representing the Accused: Professional Values and Professional Choices of Small-Town Lawyers

Indigent Defenders Get the Job Done and Done Well

Judges and Jurors

Readings

Judges and the Politics of Death: Deciding Between the Bill of Rights and the Next Election in Capital Cases

Reflections on a Rape Trial: The Role of Rape Myths and Jury Selection in the Outcome of a Trial

Racially Based Jury Nullification: Black Power in the Criminal Justice System

Pretrial Proceedings

Readings

The Relationship Between Type of Attorney and Bail Amount Set for Hispanic Defendants

The Impact of Race, Gender, and Age on the Pretrial Decision

Criminal Prosecution of Domestic Violence Offenses: An Investigation of Factors Predictive of Court Outcomes

Plea Bargaining and Trial Dynamics

Readings

Prosecutorial Discretion and Plea Bargaining in the United States, France, Germany, and Italy: a Comparative Perspective

Court Caseloads, Plea Bargains, and Criminal Sanctions: The Effects of Section 17 P.C. in California

Variation in Trial Penalties Among Serious Violent Offenses

The Entertainment Value of a Trial: How Media Access to the Courtroom Is Changing the American Judicial Process

Sentencing

Readings

Is Preferential Treatment of Female Offenders a Thing of the Past? a Multisite Study of Gender, Race, and Imprisonment

The Interactive Effects of Victim Race and Gender on Death Sentence Disparity Findings

The Juvenile Penalty: a Comparison of Juvenile and Young Adult Sentencing Outcomes in Criminal Court

Beyond Conviction and Sentencing

Readings

The Federal Habeas Corpus Process: Unraveling the Issues

Criminal Justice System Reform and Wrongful Conviction: a Research Agenda

Specialized Courts and Other Trends in Adjudication

Readings

The Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court: One-Year Results From a Randomized Study

Combating Domestic Violence: Findings From an Evaluation of a Local Domestic Violence Court

Teen Court Referral, Sentencing, and Subsequent Recidivism: Two Proportional Hazards Models and a Little Speculation

Glossary

References

Credits and Sources

Index

About the Authors

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