The Sentence Bargaining of Upperworld and Underworld Crime in Ten Federal District Courts

This paper explores the use of different types of sentence bargaining tactics in ten federal district courts. We distinguish between proactive and reactive prosecutorial orientation, and hypothesize that proactive prosecution of upperworld crime is associated with more explicit sentence bargaining t...

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Autor principal: Bernstein, Ilene Nagel (Autor)
Otros Autores: Hagan, John
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1979
En:Año: 1979
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Sumario:This paper explores the use of different types of sentence bargaining tactics in ten federal district courts. We distinguish between proactive and reactive prosecutorial orientation, and hypothesize that proactive prosecution of upperworld crime is associated with more explicit sentence bargaining than is the reactive prosecution of underworld crime. We present evidence for and explanations of this relationship