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15. SHOULD WE REALLY "BAN" PLEA BARGAINING?: THE CORE CONCERNS OF PLEA BARGAINING CRITICS

  • Douglas Guidorizzi
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Introduction to Criminal Justice
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© 2022 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. PREFACE ix
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  5. PART I. FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES OF JUSTICE 1
  6. 1. CRIMINAL JUSTICE THEORIES AND IDEOLOGIES 5
  7. 2. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUNISHMENT 14
  8. 3. TWO MODELS OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS 27
  9. 4. CRIMINAL JUSTICE THEORY: IT'S TIME TO ASK WHY 40
  10. PART II. POLICING
  11. 5. POLICING A FREE SOCIETY 61
  12. 6. THE EVOLVING STRATEGY OF POLICE: A MINORITY VIEW 74
  13. 7. POLICEWOMEN OR POLICEWOMEN? DOING GENDER AND POLICE WORK 92
  14. 8. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF ARREST 103
  15. 9. WHAT CAN POLICE DO TO REDUCE CRIME, DISORDER, AND FEAR? 115
  16. 10. DRIVING WHILE BLACK: BIAS PROCESSES AND RACIAL DISPARITY IN POLICE STOPS 127
  17. 11. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW: IS THERE A TRADEOFF? 138
  18. PART III. THE COURTS
  19. 12. PROSECUTORIAL JUSTIFICATIONS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE REJECTION: GUARDING THE "GATEWAY TO JUSTICE" 157
  20. 13. THE PUBLIC DEFENDER: "BUT HOW CAN YOU SLEEP NIGHTS?" 173
  21. 14. JUDGES' RACE AND JUDICIAL DECISION MAKING: DO BLACK JUDGES SENTENCE DIFFERENTLY? 183
  22. 15. SHOULD WE REALLY "BAN" PLEA BARGAINING?: THE CORE CONCERNS OF PLEA BARGAINING CRITICS 191
  23. 16. THE CONVERGENCE OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND CLASS ON COURT DECISIONMAKING: LOOKING TOWARD THE 21ST CENTURY 203
  24. 17. RACIALLY BASED JURY NULLIFICATION: BLACK POWER IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 219
  25. 18. THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF GUIDELINES CIRCUMVENTION: THE CASE OF FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS 235
  26. 19. HOW DRUG TREATMENT COURTS WORK: AN ANALYSIS OF MEDIATORS 249
  27. PART IV. CORRECTIONS
  28. 20. FROM THEORY TO POLICY: EVIDENCE-BASED CORRECTIONS 267
  29. 21. THE CHANGING NATURE OF DEATH PENALTY DEBATES 282
  30. 22. SEX OFFENDER COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION LAWS: ARE THEIR EFFECTS SYMBOLIC OR INSTRUMENTAL IN NATURE? 293
  31. 23. WOMEN'S ACCOUNTS OF THEIR PRISON EXPERIENCES: A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THEIR SUBJECTIVE REALITIES 304
  32. 24. COLLECTIVE ACTION IN PRISONS: PROTESTS, DISTURBANCES, AND RIOTS 319
  33. PART V. CRIME CONTROL IN THE 21ST CENTURY
  34. 25. SOCIAL INSECURITY: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 1965-2000 335
  35. 26. THE POLITICS OF CRIME 345
  36. 27. INCARCERATION AND STRATIFICATION 358
  37. 28. BIG BROTHER AND HIS SCIENCE KIT: DNA DATABASES FOR 21ST CENTURY CRIME CONTROL? 370
  38. 29. THE NEW MCCARTHYISM: REPEATING HISTORY IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM 385
  39. 30. FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO THE CARCERAL STATE 397
  40. INDEX 401
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503627352-018

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. PREFACE ix
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  5. PART I. FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES OF JUSTICE 1
  6. 1. CRIMINAL JUSTICE THEORIES AND IDEOLOGIES 5
  7. 2. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUNISHMENT 14
  8. 3. TWO MODELS OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS 27
  9. 4. CRIMINAL JUSTICE THEORY: IT'S TIME TO ASK WHY 40
  10. PART II. POLICING
  11. 5. POLICING A FREE SOCIETY 61
  12. 6. THE EVOLVING STRATEGY OF POLICE: A MINORITY VIEW 74
  13. 7. POLICEWOMEN OR POLICEWOMEN? DOING GENDER AND POLICE WORK 92
  14. 8. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF ARREST 103
  15. 9. WHAT CAN POLICE DO TO REDUCE CRIME, DISORDER, AND FEAR? 115
  16. 10. DRIVING WHILE BLACK: BIAS PROCESSES AND RACIAL DISPARITY IN POLICE STOPS 127
  17. 11. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW: IS THERE A TRADEOFF? 138
  18. PART III. THE COURTS
  19. 12. PROSECUTORIAL JUSTIFICATIONS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE REJECTION: GUARDING THE "GATEWAY TO JUSTICE" 157
  20. 13. THE PUBLIC DEFENDER: "BUT HOW CAN YOU SLEEP NIGHTS?" 173
  21. 14. JUDGES' RACE AND JUDICIAL DECISION MAKING: DO BLACK JUDGES SENTENCE DIFFERENTLY? 183
  22. 15. SHOULD WE REALLY "BAN" PLEA BARGAINING?: THE CORE CONCERNS OF PLEA BARGAINING CRITICS 191
  23. 16. THE CONVERGENCE OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND CLASS ON COURT DECISIONMAKING: LOOKING TOWARD THE 21ST CENTURY 203
  24. 17. RACIALLY BASED JURY NULLIFICATION: BLACK POWER IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 219
  25. 18. THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF GUIDELINES CIRCUMVENTION: THE CASE OF FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS 235
  26. 19. HOW DRUG TREATMENT COURTS WORK: AN ANALYSIS OF MEDIATORS 249
  27. PART IV. CORRECTIONS
  28. 20. FROM THEORY TO POLICY: EVIDENCE-BASED CORRECTIONS 267
  29. 21. THE CHANGING NATURE OF DEATH PENALTY DEBATES 282
  30. 22. SEX OFFENDER COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION LAWS: ARE THEIR EFFECTS SYMBOLIC OR INSTRUMENTAL IN NATURE? 293
  31. 23. WOMEN'S ACCOUNTS OF THEIR PRISON EXPERIENCES: A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THEIR SUBJECTIVE REALITIES 304
  32. 24. COLLECTIVE ACTION IN PRISONS: PROTESTS, DISTURBANCES, AND RIOTS 319
  33. PART V. CRIME CONTROL IN THE 21ST CENTURY
  34. 25. SOCIAL INSECURITY: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 1965-2000 335
  35. 26. THE POLITICS OF CRIME 345
  36. 27. INCARCERATION AND STRATIFICATION 358
  37. 28. BIG BROTHER AND HIS SCIENCE KIT: DNA DATABASES FOR 21ST CENTURY CRIME CONTROL? 370
  38. 29. THE NEW MCCARTHYISM: REPEATING HISTORY IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM 385
  39. 30. FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO THE CARCERAL STATE 397
  40. INDEX 401
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