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Is it a Prosecutor’s World?: Determinants of Count Bargaining Decisions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Scholars agree that the American prosecutor possesses a great amount of discretion (see Albonetti, 1987; Kersetter, 1990; Thomas & Fitch, 1976). Scholars also agree that such discretion has the potential to result in discrimination in the form of ...
Ball, Jeremy
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Attorney Competence in an Age of Plea Bargaining and Econometrics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This Essay explores the concept of attorney competence in a criminal justice system dominated by plea bargaining. It focuses, in particular, on the results of a widely-reported empirical study of Philadelphia murder cases that found “vast” differences in
Bellin, Jeffrey
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The Power and Discretion of the American Prosecutor

open access: yesDroit et Cultures, 2005
Prosecutors are the most powerful officials in the American criminal justice system. The decisions they make, particularly the charging and plea-bargaining decisions, control the operation of the system and often predetermine the outcome of criminal ...
Angela J. Davis
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International Idealism Meets Domestic-Criminal-Procedure Realism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Though international criminal justice has flourished over the last two decades, scholars have neglected institutional design and procedure questions. International-criminal-procedure scholarship has developed in isolation from its domestic counterpart ...
Bibas, Stephanos   +1 more
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Prosecutor and lawyers in plea bargaining with complete information [PDF]

open access: yes
In criminal law, when a conflict is solved by plea bargaining, the negotiation is mainly made between the prosecutor and the lawyer. Adopting a complete information framework about his type (selfish or altruistic), this paper compares two lawyer payment ...
Lydie Ancelot, Philippe Delacote
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Send Me a Miracle. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Grad Med Educ, 2021
Harmon DM.
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Plea Bargaining with Budgetary Constraints and Deterrence [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, I construct a simple model that illustrates conditions under which increased criminal sanctions can lead to increased levels of crime.
Joanne Roberts
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Sexual Assault Case Processing: A Descriptive Model of Attrition and Decision Making [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Originally published in the Alaska Justice Forum 23(1): 1, 4-8 (Spring 2006).This study examined the outcomes of sexual assault cases reported to the Anchorage Police Department between January 2000 and December 2003.
Snodgrass, G. Matthew
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