Hard bargains : the coercive power of drug laws in federal court /

Hard bargains : the coercive power of drug laws in federal court /

The convergence of tough-on-crime politics, stiffer sentencing laws, and jurisdictional expansion in the 1970s and 1980s increased the powers of federal prosecutors in unprecedented ways. In Hard Bargains, social psychologist Mona Lynch investigates the increased power of these prosecutors in our ag...

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Main Author: Lynch, Mona Pauline
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2016
Subjects:
Drugs of abuse > Law and legislation > United States > Criminal provisions
Drug traffic > United States
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States
Plea bargaining > United States
Federal courts
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Call Number: KF3890 .L96 2016
• On Loan – Due: 6/13/2026 11:59:59 PM

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