LibGuides: CJ-5101 v4: Lesson 4 Resources

Lesson 4 Required Resources

Textbook

Fichtelberg, A. (2023). Criminal [in] justice: A critical introduction (2^nd ed.). Sage Publishing.

Read Chapter 8 Sections: Purpose of the Trial, Adversarial Justice, and Plea Bargains

Read Chapter 10 Sections: Why We Punish and Prison Labor and Indeterminate Sentencing

Chapter 8 concerns the structure of courts and adversarial justice, including plea bargaining. Chapter 10 concerns corrections; however, the necessary sections are the theory of punishment and indeterminate sentencing structures.

Your course textbook can be accessed via the Redshelf link in the Getting Started module.

Articles

Plea Bargaining: From Patent Unfairness to Transparent Justice
Bagaric, M., Clarke, J., & Rininger, W. (2019). Plea bargaining: From patent unfairness to transparent justice. Missouri Law Review, 84(1), 1-46. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=138384260&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=natuniv

This article explains the number of cases that don’t make it to court. Knowing that only 10% of cases go through criminal court and 90% are settled via plea bargaining, plea bargaining should be seen as the new criminal trial, and students should know all about how plea bargaining may hurt the criminal justice system. This article proposes a reform to the plea-bargaining system.

Read Pages 19-28.
Handbook on Sentencing Policies and Practices in the 21st Century
Frase, R.S., & Mitchell, K.L. (2019). Handbook on sentencing policies and practices in the 21st century. Routledge Handbooks Online. https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780429027765-3

Read the Abstract through Truth in Sentencing.