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

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
• 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 and procedures, Legal systems: courts & procedures