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.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The U.S. Criminal Court System
Chapter 2: Decision Making in the Criminal Courts
Chapter 3: The Front End of the Pretrial System: Arrest, Detention, and Bail
Chapter 4: Promising Prosecutors: Reform in the DA's Office
Chapter 5: Indigent Defense
Chapter 6: Rethinking the Adversarial Approach
Chapter 7: Putting the Pieces Together: Fundamental Pretrial and Court Reform

About the author

By William R. Kelly

Product details

• Authors: William R. Kelly, Kelly William R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2023
• EAN: 9781538189382
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-8938-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Applied Criminology across the Globe
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Courts, Crime & criminology, Criminal procedure, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts & procedures