Felony Justice: An Organizational Analysis of Criminal Courts

by Herbert Jacob and James Eisenstein

In a break with prior research, this book compares the disposition of 4500 felony defendants' cases in Baltimore, Chicago and Detroit in 1972, examining the role of judge, prosecutors and defense attorneys by relying on observation and the interview process. Descriptions of the factors shaping the outcomes of preliminary hearings, courtroom dispositions, and sentences rely on multivariate analysis of case and defendant variables drawn from court and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819180882
• ISBN13: 9780819180889
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.4"