Public defenders [electronic resource] : pragmatic and political motivations to represent the indigent / Michael Scott Weiss.

By: Weiss, Michael Scott, 1969-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: New York : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2005Description: vii, 303 pSubject(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 LOC classification: KF9646 | .W45 2005Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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