Doing Justice in the People's Court - Sentencing by Municipal Court Judges

Presents research findings on city courts and their processing of misdemeanors, illuminating the conditions under which bias is maximized and minimized in the lower courts.

About the author

Jon'a Meyer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. Paul Jesilow is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Jesilow, Jon'a Meyer
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1996
• EAN: 9780791431382
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-3138-2
• No. of pages: 164
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 259 g
• Series: Suny New Directions in Crime a
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology