Plea negotiations : pragmatic justice in an imperfect world / Asher Flynn, Arie Freiberg.

Plea negotiations : pragmatic justice in an imperfect world / Asher Flynn, Arie Freiberg.

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Despite a popular view that trials are the focal point of the criminal justice process, in reality, the most frequent way a criminal matter resolves is not through a fiercely fought battle between state and defendant, but instead through a process of negotiation between the prosecution and defence, resulting in a defendant pleading guilty in exchange for agreed concessions from the prosecution. This book presents an original empirical case-study of plea negotiations drawing upon interviews with legal actors and an analysis of defence practitioner case files, to shine light on the processes and ways in which an agreed outcome is reached in criminal prosecutions, within the setting of a jurisdiction, like many others world-wide, which is suffering major shifts in state resources. Plea negotiations, also referred to as plea bargaining

,

negotiated guilty pleas

and

negotiated resolutions

are neither an alloyed benefit nor a detriment for defendants, victims or the criminal justice system generally, and like all compromises, this book shows how the perfect

justice

outcome gives way to the good, or just the reasonably acceptable justice outcome. Asher Flynn is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Director of the Social and Political Sciences Graduate Research Program, Monash University, Australia. Arie Freiberg is Emeritus Professor at Monash University, Australia

Palgrave Macmillan,

Freiberg, Arie

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1 online resource (xvii, 277 pages) : color illustrations.

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10.1007/978-3-319-92630-8 doi

9783319926292

3319926292

9783319926308

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9783319926292

3319926292

Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies

Palgrave Macmillan socio-legal studies.