Taming the System : The Control of Discretion in Criminal Justice, 1950-1990.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1993Copyright date: ©1993Description: 1 online resource (202 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781601299017Subject(s): Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Decision making | Judicial discretion -- United States | Police discretion -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Taming the System : The Control of Discretion in Criminal Justice, 1950-1990DDC classification: 345.73/05 347.3055 | 345.7305347.3055 | 347.305 LOC classification: KF9223 -- .W254 1993ebOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Contents -- 1. Discretion and Its Discontents -- 2. Police Discretion -- 3. The Two Bail Reform Movements -- 4. The Plea-Bargaining Problem -- 5. Sentencing Reform -- 6. A System Tamed? An Interim Report on the Control of Discretion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Traces the history of attempts since the 1950s to control the discretionary powers in the US criminal justice system. The author synthesizes the findings of a large body of literature for the benefit of practitioners and interested students of the criminal justice system.
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