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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822126003321

Autore

Weiss Michael Scott <1969->

Titolo

Public defenders : pragmatic and political motivations to represent the indigent / / Michael Scott Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2005

ISBN

1-59332-162-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Disciplina

345.73/01

Soggetti

Public defenders - United States - Attitudes

Legal assistance to the poor - United States

Right to counsel - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A study of public defender motivations -- Defense attorneys in the criminal courts -- Challenges of public defense -- A qualitative, semi-structured interview study -- Pragmatic motivations -- Legal and constitutional motivations -- Altruistic motivations -- Anti-establishment motivations -- Anti-police motivations -- Anti-prosecutor motivations -- Anti-judge and anti-corrections motivations -- Public defender motivations.