Normal homicides, normal defendants: finding leniency in Oklahoma's murder conviction machinery

Data derived from Oklahoma Criminal Offender Records, Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals, and newspapers of record (1973-2008) were analyzed along with interviews of key criminal court officers, assessing the normal crimes concept (Sudnow 1965) and common-sense considerations in homicide case dispos...

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Autores principales: Mays, G. Larry 1949- (Autor) ; Keys, David (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2011
En: Western criminology review
Año: 2011, Volumen: 12, Número: 1, Páginas: 35-42
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Palabras clave:
Mord
Angeklagte
Social Disorganization
Collective Efficacy
informal control
formal control
Crime
Victimization
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Sumario:Data derived from Oklahoma Criminal Offender Records, Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals, and newspapers of record (1973-2008) were analyzed along with interviews of key criminal court officers, assessing the normal crimes concept (Sudnow 1965) and common-sense considerations in homicide case dispositions (Garfinkel 1956). Statistical analyses of charging patterns in murder cases in Oklahoma (n = 2,629) demonstrate that defendants’ legal representation, both public and private, dispose of large numbers of cases as normal homicides and that specific predictor variables exist that influence the decision to treat a given homicide as normal.
Notas:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 41-42