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Pleading out : how plea bargaining creates a permanent criminal class / Dan Canon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Canon, Dan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plea bargaining--Social aspects--United States.
- Plea bargaining.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 324 pages.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Basic Books, 2022.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Brahmins, bargains, and bootmakers
- The ordinary men standing around
- The vital force of progress
- The rise of the criminal class
- Tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving
- A finger on the scales
- Lucy and Ethel's conveyor belt
- The weakest defense
- Affluenza
- Conditions, coercions, and castrations
- For the sake of expediency
- Spare the rod, spoil the trial
- Greater than their hoarded gold.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781541674684 (electronic bk.)
- 1541674685 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031175882
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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