Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 425 g
The Control of Discretion in Criminal Justice, 1950-1990
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 425 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-507820-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Since the American Bar Foundation Survey of the Administration of Criminal Justice (1953 - 1969) "discovered" the phenomenon of discretion in criminal justice, it has become something of a truism that the administration of criminal justice in the United States consists of a series of discretionary decisions by officials in regard to police discretion, bail, plea bargaining and sentencing. This book is a history of the attempts over the past forty years to control these discretionary powers in the criminal justice system. Walker brings together an enormous literature in a synthesis that will be of great value to professionals, reformers and students of the criminal justice system. In a field which largely produces short-ranged "evaluation research", this study, in taking a wider approach, distinguishes between the role of the courts and the role of administrative bodies (the police) and evaluates the longer-term trends and the successful reforms in criminal justice history.
