U.S. attorneys, political control, and career ambition / Banks Miller and Brett Curry.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190928278.Subject(s): Public prosecutors -- United States | United States -- Officials and employees | Law | Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of lawAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190928247DDC classification: 345.7301262 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.
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