Oxford Handbook of Prosecutors and Prosecution

This book brings together the work of legal scholars, sociologists, criminologists, political scientists, and law reformers to better understand a pivotal actor in the criminal legal systems all around the world: the prosecutor. Scholarship focusing on prosecutors in particular has begun to emerge as its own sub-discipline within criminal law, and this book surveys the many different strands of that work, underscoring the diversity among prosecutors around the world. The chapters reveal the ordinary conduct of the prosecutor at various stages of criminal proceedings, the various interactions of prosecutors with local communities and other governmental actors, and the distinctive habits and concerns that arise for prosecutors in specialized settings such as juvenile justice and immigration.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Foreword. Prosecutors' Changing Roles at the Hub of Criminal Justice


• Hon. Stephanos Bibas


• Preface. Prosecutors in All Their Contexts


• Ronald F. Wright, Kay L. Levine, and Russell M. Gold


• PART I: Phases of Criminal Proceedings


• 1. Public Prosecutors in Criminal Investigations: A Comparative-Law Study Stefano Ruggeri


• 2. Selecting Charges Matt Barno and Mona Lynch


• 3. Testing Charges Roger A. Fairfax, Jr.


• 4. Prosecutors and Plea Bargaining Brian D. Johnson and Raquel Hernandez


• 5. Disclosure, Security, Technology: Challenges in Pretrial Access to Evidence Darryl K. Brown


• 6. Prosecutors and Trials Alexander Heinze


• 7. Prosecutors and Sentencing Nora V. Demleitner


• 8. Prosecutors Post-Conviction Brandon L. Garrett


• 9. Accountability Courts and Diversion Programs Salmon Shomade


• PART II: Working Environments and Relationships


• 10. Hiring and Learning Strategies in Prosecution Services Rasmus H. Wandall


• 11. The Necessity of Performance Measures for Prosecutors Lauren-Brooke Eisen and Miriam Aroni Krinsky


• 12. Specialized Units and Vertical Prosecution Approaches Cassia Spohn


• 13. Courtroom Workgroups: "A Prosecutor, a Defense Attorney, and a Judge Walk into a Bar " Milton Heumann, Rick Kavin, and Anu Chugh


• 14. Law Enforcement Organization Relationships with Prosecutors Daniel C. Richman


• 15. Bar Authorities and Prosecutors Bruce A. Green


• 16. Prosecutors and Their Legislatures, Legislatures and Their Prosecutors Russell M. Gold


• 17. The Relationship Between Prosecutors and Defenders Ellen Yaroshefsky


• 18. Victims and Prosecutors Amanda Konradi and Tirza Jo Ochrach-Konradi


• 19. Prosecutors and Voters Carissa Byrne Hessick


• 20. Community Prosecution and Building Trust Across a Racial Divide Ronald F. Wright


• Part III: Prosecution in Specialized Contexts


• 21. Prosecutors and the Immigration Enforcement System Jennifer Chacón


• 22. Prosecuting Race and Adolescence Kristin Henning


• 23. Corporate Criminal Law Unbounded Miriam H. Baer


• 24. Law Enforcement Agent Defendants Stephen Rushin


• 25. Prosecutors and Misdemeanors Jenny Roberts


• 26. Prosecutors and National Security Kent Roach


• 27. Shrinking the Accountability Deficit in Capital Charging Sherod Thaxton

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ronald F. Wright is Needham Y. Gulley Professor of Criminal Law at Wake Forest University.

Kay L. Levine is Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law.

Russell M. Gold is Associate Professor of Legal Writing at Wake Forest University School of Law.

Zusammenfassung

The power of the modern prosecutor arises from several features of the criminal justice landscape: widespread use of law and order political rhetoric and heightened fear of crime among voters; legislatures' embrace of extreme sentencing ranges to respond to such concerns; and the uncertain or limited accountability of prosecutors to the electorate, the bar, or other political and professional constituencies. The convergence of these trends has transformed prosecution into an indispensable field of study.

This volume brings together the work of leading international scholars across criminology, sociology, political science, and law - along with contributions from reform-minded practitioners - to examine a variety of issues in prosecutorial behaviour and the institutional structures that frame their behavior.

The Handbook connects the dots among existing theoretical and empirical research related to prosecutors. Major sections of the volume cover (1) prosecutor performance during distinct phases of a criminal case, (2) the features of the prosecutor's environment, both inside the office and external to the office, that influence the choices of individual prosecutors and office leaders, and (3) prosecutorial strategies and priorities when dealing with specialized types of crimes, victims, and defendants. Taken together, the chapters in this volume identify the founding texts, discuss leading theoretical and methodological approaches, explain the scope of unresolved issues, and preview where this field is headed. The volume provides a bottom-up view of an important new scholarly field.

Zusatztext

Given the turbulent and very public nature of many cases in contemporary jurisprudence, the outline of research, methodology, and areas of prosecution requiring further study presented here will assist both professional and general readers.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Russell M. Gold, Kay L. Levine, Ronald F. Wright, Ronald F. (Needham Y. Gulley Professor of Wright, Ronald F./ Levine Wright
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780190905422
• ISBN: 978-0-19-090542-2
• Seiten: 654
• Serien: Oxford Handbooks; Oxford Handbooks Series
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht; LAW / Criminal Procedure, Criminal procedure