TY - BOOK ID - 85344211 TI - American criminal justice : an introduction PY - 2019 SN - 1108694772 1108677037 1108617069 1108493203 1108717470 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Criminal justice, Administration of UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85344211 AB - American criminal justice may be one of the best known - and most influential - systems of criminal justice in the world, but also the least understood: countless films and television series portray American police officers, prosecutors and lawyers, but over 95 percent of criminal matters result in guilty pleas, and trials are becoming vanishingly scarce as people accused of crime choose to strike a deal with increasingly powerful prosecutors. Sentencing 'reform' has led to a burgeoning prison population that is by far the highest among economically advanced countries. Meanwhile, American prosecutors have gained increasing (and largely unchecked) power to apply US criminal laws to worldwide corporations and individuals with little or no connection with the country. American Criminal Justice: An Introduction provides a readable, comprehensive review of the American criminal process behind these and other problems. ER -