PLEA BARGAINING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES - A STUDY IN THE CRIMINALIZATION PROCESS

• NCJ Number: 25928
• Author(s): S W JENKINS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 143 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DISSERTATION - LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE

Annotation

STUDY EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELATIVE SUCCESS IN PLEADING GUILTY FOR CONSIDERATIONS AND THE CRIMINALIZATION PROCESS FOR A SELECTED GROUP OF INMATES IN TWO PRISONS IN TENNESSEE.

Abstract

THREE CATEGORIES OF SUBJECTS (HIGH, MODERATE, AND LOW SUCCESS) WERE ESTABLISHED ACCORDING TO THEIR RELATIVE SUCCESS IN PLEA BARGAINING. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NUMBER OF PRIOR DELINQUENCY ADJUDICATIONS AND CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS AND SUCCESS IN PLEA BARGAINING WERE EXPLORED. THE SUBJECTS WERE ALSO TESTED ON THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF THE REACTIONS OF SIGNIFICANT OTHERS AT EACH OF THE CONTINGENCY POINTS OF THEIR CRIMINAL CAREERS. THE STUDY PROPOSES A MODIFICATION OF THE PROCESSUAL MODEL OF BECOMING DEVIANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COMPLEX NATURE OF BUREAUCRATIC PROCESSING INVOLVED IN PLEA BARGAINING AS IT RELATES TO THE REACTIONS OF SIGNIFICANT OTHERS. (AUTHOR ANNOTATION AND ABSTRACT MODIFIED)