Trial by plea bargain: Case settlement as a product of recursive decisionmaking

Law and Society Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 335-360

  Emmelman, Debra S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030486781     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3053962     Document Type: Article

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