Politics and plea bargaining : victims' rights in California /
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Author / Creator: | McCoy, Candace |
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Imprint: | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1993. |
Description: | xix, 221 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Law in social context series |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1491325 |
Summary: | In 1982, California voters passed Proposition 8, promoted by supporters as the Victims' Bill of Rights, on the initiative ballot. In Politics and Plea Bargaining , Candace McCoy describes the political genesis of victims' rights legislation and the impact Proposition 8 has had on plea bargaining. |
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Physical Description: | xix, 221 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-213) and index. |
ISBN: | 0812214331 (pbk.) 0812231902 (acid-free paper) |