Plea Negotiations Pragmatic Justice in an Imperfect World /

• Main Authors: Flynn, Asher (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Freiberg, Arie (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
• Subjects: Trials.; Criminal justice, Administration of.; Human rights.; Criminology.; Sex and law.; Victimology.; Juries and Criminal Trials.; Criminal Justice.; Human Rights and Crime .; Gender, Sexuality and Law.

Despite a popular view that trials are the focal point of the criminal justice process, in reality, the most frequent way a criminal matter resolves is not through a fiercely fought battle between state and defendant, but instead through a process of negotiation between the prosecution and defence,...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Plea Negotiations in Context
• 3. Defining Plea Negotiations
• 4. Other Forms of Negotiations
• 5. The Negotiation Process
• 6. Negotiation Outcomes
• 7. Plea Negotiations and Sentencing
• 8.n Pragmatic Justice: At Any Cost?
• 9. Building Trust and Confidence in the Criminal Justice System
• 10. Concluding Comments. .