Measuring and explaining charge bargaining

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-125

  Piehl, Anne Morrison ^a   Bushway, Shawn D ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge bargaining; Plea bargaining; Sentencing; Sentencing disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248343001     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-006-9023-x     Document Type: Article

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