The Defendant and the Criminal Trial : Does Providing Knowledge About the Criminal Justice System Help?

Defendants are required to make many decisions during their encounter with the criminal justice system (i.e., plea, venue, representation, bail and, possibly, appeal). The assumption exists that defendants possess sufficient organizational and pragmatic knowledge of the system to make these decision...

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1. VerfasserIn: Hurley, Daniel B. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1999
In:Jahr: 1999
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