Arbitrary justice : the power of the American prosecutor / Angela J. Davis.
Inscribed on the walls of the United States Department of Justice are the lofty words: "The United States wins its point whenever justice is done its citizens in the courts." Yet what happens when prosecutors, the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, seek convictions ins...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Summary: | Inscribed on the walls of the United States Department of Justice are the lofty words: "The United States wins its point whenever justice is done its citizens in the courts." Yet what happens when prosecutors, the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, seek convictions instead of justice? Why are cases involving educated, well-to-do victims often prosecuted more vigorously than those involving poor, uneducated victims? Why do wealthy defendants frequently enjoy more lenient plea bargains than the disadvantaged?. In this timely work, Angela J. Davis examines the expan. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic document (ix, 248 p.: ill.) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p.195-241) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199852367 9780199852369 |