Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Prologue 1
6. 1 Liquor Laws, Murder Cases, and the Prosecutor's Power to Charge 19
7. 2 The Prosecutor's Motives in Plea Bargaining 40
8. 3 On-File Plea Bargaining and the Rise of Probation 62
9. 4 The Defendant's Power to Plead 91
10. 5 Judges and the Power to Sentence 111
11. 6 Social and Political Theories of Plea Bargaining's Rise 137
12. 7 Explaining Plea Bargaining's Progress Elsewhere 153
13. 8 The Power of Plea Bargaining 175
14. 9 The Balance of Power to Plea Bargain 205
15. Appendix A A Note on the Cases 231
16. Appendix B Ferdinand's Category of "Vice or Regulatory Offenses" 240
17. Notes 243
18. Bibliography 350
19. Index 373