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POLITICS OF PROSECUTION - A BIBLIOGRAPHIC WORKING PAPER DRAFT

NCJ Number
17282
Author(s)
M HOLDEN; A BORGANONAKAR; G J OLDEMEYER; N SCANLON; D L TEVLIN; J B WOOD
Date Published
1969
Length
42 pages
Annotation
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 105 ARTICLES DATING FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR TO THE PRESENT, WITH NOTES FOR A RESEARCH PROGRAM ON POLITICAL ASPECTS OF PROSECUTION.
Abstract
TOPICS COVERED IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDE THE BACKGROUND OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, THE RECRUITMENT AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS OF PROSECUTORS, THE DEFINITION OF THE PROSECUTOR'S ROLES, PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION, AND PLEA BARGAINING. PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION IN THE ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS, THE PROSECUTOR'S CONDUCT OF THE TRIAL PROCEEDING, JUDICIAL CONTROL OVER PROSECUTORS, ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OVER PROSECUTORS, ALLOCATIONS OF AUTHORITY AMONG PROSECUTORS, AND GENERAL ARTICLES RELATED TO PROSECUTION ARE ALSO INCLUDED.