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Title A system of pleas : social science's contributions to the real legal system / edited by Vanessa A. Edkins and Allison D. Redlich
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 208 pages)
Series American Psychology-Law Society series
American Psychology-Law Society series.
Contents Introduction: A system of pleas / Vanessa A. Edkins and Allison D. Redlich -- Section 1. The system of pleas and its players -- Arriving at a system of pleas : the history and state of plea bargaining / Lucian E. Dervan -- Defendant decision-making in plea bargains / Shawn D. Bushway -- Defense attorneys and plea bargains / Kelsey S. Henderson -- Prosecutors and plea bargains / Bryan C. McCannon -- Section 2. Influences on plea decision-making -- Race and plea bargaining / Brian D. Johnson and Rebecca Richardson -- Juvenile justice and plea bargaining / Allison D. Redlich, Tina Zottoli, and Tarika Daftary-Kapur -- Innocence and plea bargaining / Miko M. Wilford and Annmarie Khairalla -- Section 3. Results of a system of pleas -- Sentencing disparity and mass incarceration / Rhys Hester -- Collateral consequences and disenfranchisement / Vanessa A. Edkins -- Conclusion: Moving forward in a system of pleas / Allison D. Redlich and Vanessa A. Edkins
Summary Social science research needs to expand beyond the courtroom and the jury room to address the multitude of factors involved in plea decisions and the influences at work on the various legal system players (e.g., defendants, defense attorneys, prosecutors, etc.). This work is both a culmination of the current state of plea bargaining research and a call to action for future researchers. All of the areas addressed - from innocents pleading guilty to prosecutor charging decisions to mass incarceration and felon disenfranchisement - merge to create a picture of our current criminal justice system as it really is, and how social science can move forward within it
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 29, 2019)
Subject Pleas (Criminal procedure) -- United States
Social sciences.
Criminal psychology.
Social Sciences
social sciences.
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
Criminal psychology
Pleas (Criminal procedure)
Social sciences
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Edkins, Vanessa A., 1980- editor.
Redlich, Allison D., editor
ISBN 9780190689254
0190689250
9780190689278
0190689277