Public defenders [electronic resource] : pragmatic and political motivations to represent the indigent / Michael Scott Weiss.
By: Weiss, Michael Scott.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC): Publisher: New York : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2005Description: vii, 303 p.Subject(s): Public defenders -- United States -- Attitudes | Legal assistance to the poor -- United States | Right to counsel -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 345.73/01 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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