Variation in trial penalties among serious violent offenses

Criminology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 631-670

  Ulmer, Jeffery T ^a   Bradley, Mindy S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual analysis; Courts; Plea bargaining; Sentencing; Trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748307613     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2006.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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