TY - BOOK AU - Flemming,Roy B. AU - Eisenstein,James AU - Nardulli,Peter F. TI - The Craft of Justice: Politics and Work in Criminal Court Communities T2 - Law in Social Context SN - 9780812231878 AV - KF9223 U1 - 345.73/01347.3051 20 PY - 2016///] CY - Philadelphia : PB - University of Pennsylvania Press, KW - Criminal courts KW - United States KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - Political aspects KW - Social aspects KW - LAW / Courts KW - bisacsh KW - Human Rights KW - Law KW - Political Science KW - Public Policy N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Craft and Communities --; Part I: The Craft of Prosecution --; 1. The Political Craft of Chief Prosecutors --; 2. Leading Prosecutor Offices and the Courtroom Craft of Assistant Prosecutors --; Part II: The Craft of Judging --; 3. Bench Politics: The Social Organization of Courts and Their Policies --; 4. Bench Craft: Moving Cases, Policing Pleas, Doing Justice --; Part III: The Craft of Defense --; 5. Defensive Craft: Why Getting Along Is (Mostly) Going Along --; 6. Defending in Courtrooms: Making the "Right" Moves --; Conclusions --; Appendix A: Characteristics of the Nine Research Sites and the Interviews --; Appendix B: Publications Based on the Nine-Court Project --; Index --; Backmatter; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - The final volume of a trilogy (begun with The Contours of Justice and The Tenor of Justice) based on a large-scale, complex study of nine criminal courts. Explains how criminal court policies reflect tensions or harmony among judges on the bench, and identifies and illustrates patterns of dominance and conflict within courthouse communities UR - https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512805505 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781512805505 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781512805505.jpg ER -