Plea Negotiations - Pragmatic Justice in an Imperfect World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

Despite a popular view that trials are the focal point of the criminal justice process, in reality, the most frequent way a criminal matter resolves is not through a fiercely fought battle between state and defendant, but instead through a process of negotiation between the prosecution and defence, resulting in a defendant pleading guilty in exchange for agreed concessions from the prosecution. This book presents an original empirical case-study of plea negotiations drawing upon interviews with legal actors and an analysis of defence practitioner case files, to shine light on the processes and ways in which an agreed outcome is reached in criminal prosecutions, within the setting of a jurisdiction, like many others world-wide, which is suffering major shifts in state resources. Plea negotiations, also referred to as "plea bargaining", "negotiated guilty pleas" and "negotiated resolutions" are neither an alloyed benefit nor a detriment for defendants, victims or the criminal justice system generally, and like all compromises, this book shows how the perfect "justice" outcome gives way to the good, or just the reasonably acceptable justice outcome.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
Release date:	August 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Asher Flynn • Arie Freiberg
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	277
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-92629-2
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Law > English law > Private, property, family > Gender law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Courts & procedure > General
LSN:	3-319-92629-2
Barcode:	9783319926292

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