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Title
Examining Plea Bargaining and Charge Reduction in Three U.S. Federal District Courts
Description
The vast majority of criminal cases are settled through guilty pleas, instead of jury trials, in the United States. While plea bargaining and charge reductions have a tremendous impact on sentencing outcomes, empirical research on plea bargaining and charge reduction is rare, especially at the federal level due to limited data availability. With a unique dataset on charging and sentencing decisions in three federal District Courts, this dissertation seeks to investigate the predictors of charge reduction decisions and the impact of plea bargaining on sentencing outcome, with a particular focus on disparities in prosecutorial discretion based on defendants’ race/ethnicity, gender, age and employment status.
Date Created
2021
Contributors
- Hu, Qingting (Author)
- Spohn, Cassia (Thesis advisor)
- Wang, Xia (Committee member)
- Yan, Shi (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
219 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.162005
Level of coding
minimal
Cataloging Standards
Note
Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2021
Field of study: Criminology and Criminal Justice
System Created
- 2021-11-16 05:52:52
System Modified
- 2021-11-30 12:51:28
- 3 years ago
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