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Court Reform on Trial Why Simple Solutions Fail

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ISBN-10: 1610272021

ISBN-13: 9781610272025

Edition: 2013

Authors: Malcolm M. Feeley, Greg Berman

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COURT REFORM ON TRIAL is a recognized study of innovation in the process of criminal justice, and why it so often fails--despite the best intentions of judges, administrators, and reformers. The arc of innovation and disappointment is analyzed through such programs as bail reform, pretrial diversion, speedy trials, and determinate sentencing. The much-maligned system of plea bargaining shifts power to prosecutors away from judges, as formal trials recede in importance--but is that really the problem? Perhaps failure lies in unrealistic expectations, splintered systems and decisionmaking, waning political will, unempowered constituencies, and reformers' hubris. Feeley analyzes the persistent…    
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Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Quid Pro, LLC
Publication date: 7/24/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 204
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English