TY - BOOK
T1 - Victims and Plea Negotiations
T2 - Overlooked and Unimpressed
AU - Freiberg, Arie
AU - Flynn, Asher
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This book explores victim’s views of plea negotiations and the level of input that they desire. It draws on the empirical findings of the first in-depth study of victims and plea negotiations conducted in Australia. Over the last 50 years, the criminal justice system has seen a major change in the role that victims play in the justice process with the vast majority of criminal cases resolve through guilty pleas, many resulting from plea negotiations. The extent to which the victim is one of the participating parties in the proceedings is a question of law and of practice. Drawing from focus groups and surveys with victims of crime, Victims and Plea Negotiations seeks to privilege victims’ voices and lived experiences of plea negotiations, to present their perspectives on five options for enhanced participation in the plea negotiation process. This book appeals to academics and students in the areas of law, criminology, sociology, victimology and legal studies, those who practice in the criminal justice system generally, those who work with victims, and policy makers.
AB - This book explores victim’s views of plea negotiations and the level of input that they desire. It draws on the empirical findings of the first in-depth study of victims and plea negotiations conducted in Australia. Over the last 50 years, the criminal justice system has seen a major change in the role that victims play in the justice process with the vast majority of criminal cases resolve through guilty pleas, many resulting from plea negotiations. The extent to which the victim is one of the participating parties in the proceedings is a question of law and of practice. Drawing from focus groups and surveys with victims of crime, Victims and Plea Negotiations seeks to privilege victims’ voices and lived experiences of plea negotiations, to present their perspectives on five options for enhanced participation in the plea negotiation process. This book appeals to academics and students in the areas of law, criminology, sociology, victimology and legal studies, those who practice in the criminal justice system generally, those who work with victims, and policy makers.
KW - plea negotiations
KW - plea bargaining
KW - victims
KW - victimology
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-61383-9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-61383-9
M3 - Book
SN - 9783030613822
T3 - Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
BT - Victims and Plea Negotiations
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - Cham Switzerland
ER -