Crisis in America''s Criminal Courts Improving Criminal Justice Outcomes By Transforming Decision-Making

This book highlights the variety of problems that judges, prosecutors, and public defenders face within a criminal justice system that is ineffective, unfair, and extraordinarily expensive. Much of the dysfunction originates from crushing dockets and caseloads combined with the lack of time, expertise, and resources for effective decision-making.

About the author

William R. Kelly is professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas. He is the author of several books and articles on criminal justice, law, and policy, including Confronting Underground Justice: Reinventing Plea Bargaining for Effective Criminal Justice Reform (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018), From Retribution to Public Safety (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), The Future of Crime and Punishment, Updated Edition (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019), Criminal Justice at the Crossroads (2015), and Justice Under Pressure (1993).

Product details

• Authors: William R. Kelly, Kelly William R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.12.2020
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781538142165
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4216-5
• Pages: 232
• Series: Applied Criminology across the Globe; Applied Criminology Across the
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Courts, Mental Illness, decision-making, Crime & criminology, Criminal procedure, criminal justice, Recidivism, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Legal systems: courts & procedures, Criminal Justice Reform, criminal courts, adversarial system, progressive prosecutors, criminal justice response, bail reform, diversion to treatment, holistic defense, American criminal courts