U.S. attorneys, political control, and career ambition /
Miller, Banks P., 1979-
U.S. attorneys, political control, and career ambition / Banks Miller and Brett Curry. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
United States Attorneys (USAs), the chief federal prosecutors in each judicial district, are key in determining how the federal government uses coercive force against its citizens. How much control do national political actors exert over the prosecutorial decisions of USAs? In this text, the authors investigate this question using a unique data set of federal criminal prosecutions between 1986 and 2015 that captures both decisions by USAs to file cases as well as the sentences that result.
Specialized.
9780190928278 No price
Public prosecutors--United States.
Law.
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
United States--Officials and employees.
KF8793 / .M56 2018
345.7301262
U.S. attorneys, political control, and career ambition / Banks Miller and Brett Curry. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
United States Attorneys (USAs), the chief federal prosecutors in each judicial district, are key in determining how the federal government uses coercive force against its citizens. How much control do national political actors exert over the prosecutorial decisions of USAs? In this text, the authors investigate this question using a unique data set of federal criminal prosecutions between 1986 and 2015 that captures both decisions by USAs to file cases as well as the sentences that result.
Specialized.
9780190928278 No price
Public prosecutors--United States.
Law.
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
United States--Officials and employees.
KF8793 / .M56 2018
345.7301262