Online instructor and student resources
Principles and decision-making in U.S. criminal courts.
Formal Social Control. Social control, comparative courts, and the development of the U.S. judicial system
The structure of federal and state courts
Criminal law, crime, and the criminal court process.
Negotiating Discretion, Making Decisions. The reality of legal action: principles, organizations, and public pressure
Case assessment, case attrition, and decision to charge.
Decision-Making in the Pretrial and Trial Process. The pretrial process
The prosecutor and the exertion of state power
The defense and constraint on state power
The criminal trial process: judges, bench trials, jury deliberation, and sentencing.
Specialized Courts. The right to appeal and the appellate process
Frontiers of Justice. Fuzzy justice: alternatives to court
