An explicit test of plea bargaining in the "shadow of the trial"

Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 723-754

  Bushway, Shawn D ^a   Redlich, Allison D ^a   Norris, Robert J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Plea bargaining; Rational choice; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925299191     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9125.12054     Document Type: Article

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