
Politics and Plea Bargaining
Victims' Rights in California
Candace McCoy(Author)
University of Pennsylvania Press
Published on 1. May 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-8122-1433-8 (ISBN)
Description
In 1982, California voters passed Proposition 8, promoted by supporters as the Victims' Bill of Rights, on the initiative ballot. In Politics and Plea Bargaining, Candace McCoy describes the political genesis of victims' rights legislation and the impact Proposition 8 has had on plea bargaining.
Placing Proposition 8 in the context of earlier efforts to reform plea bargaining, McCoy explores the meaning of due process in the criminal courts. Emphasizing the concept of "publicness," the book suggests changes that would open the justice system to more public observation and explanation.
Placing Proposition 8 in the context of earlier efforts to reform plea bargaining, McCoy explores the meaning of due process in the criminal courts. Emphasizing the concept of "publicness," the book suggests changes that would open the justice system to more public observation and explanation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
15 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
413 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8122-1433-8 (9780812214338)
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Person
Candace McCoy is Professor at the Graduate Center and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.
Content
Note on Citation
Introduction
1. Criminal Procedure: Target of Reform
2. Proposition 8 Politics
3. The Internal and External Dynamics of Plea Bargaining
4. Testing the Impact of a Law Limiting Plea Bargaining
5. Impact of the Plea Bargaining Limitation on Court Procedures and Sentences
6. Impact of the Plea Bargaining Limitation on Court Professionals' Norms
7. Procedural Values: Proof and "Publicness"
Works Cited
Table of Cases
Index
Introduction
1. Criminal Procedure: Target of Reform
2. Proposition 8 Politics
3. The Internal and External Dynamics of Plea Bargaining
4. Testing the Impact of a Law Limiting Plea Bargaining
5. Impact of the Plea Bargaining Limitation on Court Procedures and Sentences
6. Impact of the Plea Bargaining Limitation on Court Professionals' Norms
7. Procedural Values: Proof and "Publicness"
Works Cited
Table of Cases
Index