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Perspectives on Plea Bargaining

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Malcolm M. Feeley
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Plea bargaining is finally coming to be recognized for the important institution it is. There is a rapidly growing body of research that describes its variations, reports on its impact, and discusses its implications. Despite these advances, however, much of this literature is fragmented, anchored in separate disciplines, and often lacking in broad context and historical perspective. And although much of the empirical research on plea bargaining has a distinct reform orientation or offers important implications for reform, this is often implicit or presented in a way that is neither convincing nor useful to practitioners.

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Research Article
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Law & Society Review , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , Winter 1979 , pp. 199 - 209
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Copyright © 1979 Law and Society Association.

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