U.S. attorneys, political control, and career ambition /

United States Attorneys (USAs), the chief federal prosecutors in each judicial district, are key in determining how the federal government uses coercive force against its citizens. How much control do national political actors exert over the prosecutorial decisions of USAs? In this text, the authors...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Miller, Banks P., 1979- (Author), Curry, Brett W., 1978- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Public prosecutors > United States. United States > Officials and employees. États-Unis > Fonctionnaires. LAW > Criminal Law > General. Employees Public prosecutors United States Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. Law. United States Attorneys Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover; U.S. Attorneys, Political Control, and Career Ambition; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Three Case Studies in Political Control; 3. Principal-Agent Theory, Career Prospects, and U.S. Attorneys; 4. Describing the Data and Issue Areas; 5. Political Responsiveness and Case Filings; 6. Political Responsiveness and Sentence Length; 7. Political Responsiveness and Career Prospects; 8. Concluding Thoughts and Implications; Methodological Appendix; Supplementary Material to Chapter 5.
Supplementary Material to Chapter 6Supplementary Material to Chapter 7; References; Index.