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020 _a9780199852369 (ebook) :
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050 4 _aKF9640
082 0 4 _a345.7'305042
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100 1 _aDavis, Angela J.,
_d1956-
245 1 0 _aArbitrary justice
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe power of the American prosecutor /
_cAngela J. Davis.
250 _a[New ed.].
260 _aNew York ;
_aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2009.
300 _a1 online resource (ix, 264 p.) :
_bill.
520 8 _aThe author examines the expanding power of prosecutors, from mandatory minimum sentencing laws enhancing prosecutorial control over the outcome of cases to increasing politicization of the office. Drawing on her years of experience as a public defender, Davis demonstrates how the everyday, legal exercise of prosecutorial discretion is responsible for tremendous inequities in criminal justice.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aPublic prosecutors
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aProsecution
_zUnited States
_xDecision making.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780195384734
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195384734.001.0001
975 _aOxford scholarship online 2024
999 _c88691
_d88691