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Coercion to compromise : plea bargaining, the courts and the making of political authority /

Examining the origins of the controversial practice of plea bargaining, this study shows the procedure to have emerged early in the American Republic. Vogel argues that it arose in the 1830s as part of a process of political stabilisation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vogel, Mary E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Oxford socio-legal studies.
Subjects:
Plea bargaining > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Plea bargaining > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 19th century.
Social classes > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 19th century.
Négociation de peine > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Négociation de peine > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Classes sociales > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Plea bargaining
Social classes
Massachusetts > Boston
United States
Plea bargaining.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Examining the origins of the controversial practice of plea bargaining, this study shows the procedure to have emerged early in the American Republic. Vogel argues that it arose in the 1830s as part of a process of political stabilisation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 416 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-403) and index.
ISBN:9780199851461
0199851468