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|aFlynn, Asher.
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|aPlea negotiations|h[electronic resource] :|bpragmatic justice in an imperfect world /|cby Asher Flynn, Arie Freiberg.
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|aCham :|bSpringer International Publishing :|bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,|c2018.
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|aPalgrave socio-legal studies
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|a1. 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.
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|aDespite 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, resulting in a defendant pleading guilty in exchange for agreed concessions from the prosecution. This book presents an original empirical case-study of plea negotiations drawing upon interviews with legal actors and an analysis of defence practitioner case files, to shine light on the processes and ways in which an agreed outcome is reached in criminal prosecutions, within the setting of a jurisdiction, like many others world-wide, which is suffering major shifts in state resources. Plea negotiations, also referred to as "plea bargaining", "negotiated guilty pleas" and "negotiated resolutions" are neither an alloyed benefit nor a detriment for defendants, victims or the criminal justice system generally, and like all compromises, this book shows how the perfect "justice" outcome gives way to the good, or just the reasonably acceptable justice outcome. Asher Flynn is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Director of the Social and Political Sciences Graduate Research Program, Monash University, Australia. Arie Freiberg is Emeritus Professor at Monash University, Australia.
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|aPlea bargaining.
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|aCriminology and Criminal Justice.
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|aJuries and Criminal Trials.
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|aCriminal Justice.
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|aHuman Rights and Crime.
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|aGender, Sexuality and Law.
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|aVictimology.
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|aLaw and Criminology (Springer-41177)
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