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"Doing justice" in the people's court : sentencing by municipal court judges

Title
"Doing justice" in the people's court : sentencing by municipal court judges / Jon'a Meyer and Paul Jesilow.
Author
Meyer, Jon'a, 1967-
Publication
Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors
Jesilow, Paul, 1950-
Description
xiii, 164 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
SUNY series "new directions in crime and justice studies"
Uniform Title
SUNY series in new directions in crime and justice studies.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-157) and index.
Contents
1. Municipal Courts and the Judges Who Sit in Them -- 2. Research on Bias in Judicial Sentencing -- 3. "Doing Justice": The Formation of Judicial Bias in Sentencing -- 4. The Process of Doing Justice: What the Defendants Did -- 5. The Process of Doing Justice: What the Judges Did -- 6. The Process of Doing Justice: Discussion and Conclusions.
ISBN
  • 0791431371 (alk. paper)
  • 079143138X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
96003774
OCLC
ocm34151255
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries