An edition of Coercion to Compromise (2000)
Coercion to Compromise
Plea Bargaining, the Courts, and the Making of Political Authority (Oxford Socio-Legal Studies)
By Mary E. Vogel
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Publish Date
October 19, 2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Language
eng
Pages
448
Description:
Examining the origins of the controversial practice of plea bargaining, this study shows the procedure to have emerged early in the American Republic. Vogel argues that it arose in the 1830s as part of a process of political stabilisation.
subjects: History, Plea bargaining, Social aspects, Social classes, Social aspects of Plea bargaining, Social classes, united states
Places: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Times: 19th century