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American Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context is an introductory-level text that offers a comprehensive study of the legal processes that guide criminal courts and the social contexts that introduce variations in the activities of actors inside and outside the court. Specifically the text focuses upon: Legal Processes. U.S. criminal courts are constrained by several legal processes and organizational structures that determine how the courts operate and how laws are applied. This book explores how democratic processes develop the criminal law in the United States, the documents tha.
Pt. 1. Formal social control -- pt. 2. Negotiating discretion, making decisions -- pt. 3. Decision-making in the pretrial and trial process -- pt. 4. Specialized courts -- pt. 5. Frontiers of justice.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
American criminal courts : legal process and social context
Oxforshire, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2015, ©2014