Intersections between in-court procedures and the production of guilty pleas

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-23

  Anleu, Sharyn Roach ^a,b   Mack, Kathy ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjournments; Courts; Guilty pleas; Magistrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149136969     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.42.1.1     Document Type: Article

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