"Doing Justice" in the people's court : sentencing by municipal court judges
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"Doing Justice" in the people's court : sentencing by municipal court judges
（SUNY series new directions in crime and justice studies）
State University of New York Press, c1997
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-156) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Presents research findings on city courts and their processing of misdemeanors, illuminating the conditions under which bias is maximized and minimized in the lower courts.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Municipal Courts and the Judges Who Sit in Them
2. Research on Bias in Judicial Sentencing
3. "Doing Justice": The Formation of Judicial Bias in Sentencing
4. The Process of Doing Justice: What the Defendants Did
5. The Process of Doing Justice: What the Judges Did
6. The Process of Doing Justice: Discussion and Conclusions
Notes
References
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"