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Public defenders : pragmatic and political motivations to represent the indigent / Michael Scott Weiss.

Author/creator Weiss, Michael Scott, 1969-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : LFB Scholarly Publishing,
Descriptionvii, 303 p. ; 23 cm.
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Subject(s)
Series Criminal justice : recent scholarship
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Contents A study of public defender motivations -- Defense attorneys in the criminal courts -- Challenges of public defense -- A qualitative, semi-structured interview study -- Pragmatic motivations -- Legal and constitutional motivations -- Altruistic motivations -- Anti-establishment motivations -- Anti-police motivations -- Anti-prosecutor motivations -- Anti-judge and anti-corrections motivations -- Public defender motivations.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004023827
ISBN159332068X (alk. paper)

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