University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Illinois Government Research no. 59 1985: Pleas without Bargaining: Guilty Pleas in the Felony Courts of Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania

Nardulli, Peter F.; Flemming, Roy B.

Permalink

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/9215

Description

Title
Illinois Government Research no. 59 1985: Pleas without Bargaining: Guilty Pleas in the Felony Courts of Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania
Author(s)
  • Nardulli, Peter F.
  • Flemming, Roy B.
Issue Date
1985-04
Keyword(s)
  • Illinois government
  • State government
Abstract
It is widely agreed that the vast majority of convictions in criminal courts are the result of guilty pleas. There is also surprisingly little disagreement that most guilty pleas are a consequence of plea bargaining, of one form or another. Uncritical acceptance of the notion that guilty pleas are synonymous with bargaining has had several negative results. One of the most significant is that researchers overlook the outlines of two very different conceptions of the guilty plea process in answering the question: What makes the plea system work?
Publisher
Institute of Government and Public Affairs. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Illinois Government Research, no. 59 (April 1985)
ISSN
0195-7783
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/9215
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 1985 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Owning Collections

Illinois Government Research PRIMARY