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 chargingdecisions to mass incarceration and felon disenfranchisement - merge to create a picture of our current criminal justice system…mehr
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 chargingdecisions 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.
Vanessa A. Edkins is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Florida Institute of Technology. Her research has been published in Law and Human Behavior, and Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Her work has also received coverage in the Wall Street Journal and The Economist. Allison D. Redlich is a Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University. The author/editor of five books, she is an internationally recognized expert on confessions and interrogations, guilty pleas, and mental health courts, and publishes extensively in these areas.
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About the Contributors Introduction: A System of Pleas Vanessa A. Edkins and Allison D. Redlich Section 1: The System of Pleas and its Players Chapter 1: Arriving at a System of Pleas: The History and State of Plea Bargaining Lucian E. Dervan Chapter 2: Defendant Decision Making in Plea Bargains Shawn D. Bushway Chapter 3: Defense Attorneys and Plea Bargains Kelsey S. Henderson Chapter 4: Prosecutors and Plea Bargains Bryan C. McCannon Section 2: Influences on Plea Decision-Making Chapter 5: Race and Plea Bargaining Brian D. Johnson and Rebecca Richardson Chapter 6: Juvenile Justice and Plea Bargaining Allison D. Redlich, Tina Zottoli, and Tarika Daftury-Kapur Chapter 7: Innocence and Plea Bargaining Miko M. Wilford and Annmarie Khairalla Section 3: Results of a System of Pleas Chapter 8: Sentencing Disparity and Mass Incarceration Rhys Hester Chapter 9: Collateral Consequences and Disenfranchisement Vanessa A. Edkins Conclusion: Moving Forward in a System of Pleas Allison D. Redlich and Vanessa A. Edkins
About the Contributors Introduction: A System of Pleas Vanessa A. Edkins and Allison D. Redlich Section 1: The System of Pleas and its Players Chapter 1: Arriving at a System of Pleas: The History and State of Plea Bargaining Lucian E. Dervan Chapter 2: Defendant Decision Making in Plea Bargains Shawn D. Bushway Chapter 3: Defense Attorneys and Plea Bargains Kelsey S. Henderson Chapter 4: Prosecutors and Plea Bargains Bryan C. McCannon Section 2: Influences on Plea Decision-Making Chapter 5: Race and Plea Bargaining Brian D. Johnson and Rebecca Richardson Chapter 6: Juvenile Justice and Plea Bargaining Allison D. Redlich, Tina Zottoli, and Tarika Daftury-Kapur Chapter 7: Innocence and Plea Bargaining Miko M. Wilford and Annmarie Khairalla Section 3: Results of a System of Pleas Chapter 8: Sentencing Disparity and Mass Incarceration Rhys Hester Chapter 9: Collateral Consequences and Disenfranchisement Vanessa A. Edkins Conclusion: Moving Forward in a System of Pleas Allison D. Redlich and Vanessa A. Edkins
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