The lower criminal courts / Alisa Smith & Sean Maddan.
"This book explores misdemeanor courts in the United States by focusing on the processing of misdemeanor crimes and the resultant consequences of conviction, such as loss of employment and housing, the imposition of significant fines, and loss of liberty--all amounting to the criminalization of...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Why Misdemeanor Courts Matter / Alisa Smith
- Legal History of Misdemeanor Courts / Alisa Smith
- The Process is the Punishment Revisited : Forty-Year Anniversary Review / Jennifer Earl
- The Impact of Broken-Windows Policing on Lower Criminal Courts / Jacinta M. Gau and Nicholas Paul
- Providing Counsel for Defendants: Access, Quality, and Impact / Andrew Davis and Kirstin A. Morgan
- Misdemeanor Justice in Rural Courts / Alissa Pollitz Worden and Alyssa M. Clark
- The Validity of Misdemeanor Pleas / Samantha Luna, Amy Dezember, and Allison D. Redlich
- Minor Crimes, Major Impacts: An Examination of Racially Disparate Outcomes in Misdemeanor Court Processing / Amanda P. Cook
- The Financial Consequences of Misdemeanors / Sean Maddan and Sierra Bell
- Specialty Courts as Lower Criminal Courts / Richard D. Hartley
- The Prosecutor in the Misdemeanor Courtroom : Nudging Culture Change in Policy and Practice / Julian Adler, Sherene Crawford, and Tia Pooler
- Bail and Pretrial Detention Reform in the Lower Courts / Reveka V. Shteynberg, Alissa Pollitz Worden
- Necessary but Not Sufficient : A Reexamination of Procedural Justice in the Lower Courts (and Beyond) / Julian Adler, Rachel Swaner, and Michael Rempel
- The Future of Drug, Homeless, and Veterans Courts / Mai E. Naito
- Conclusion / Sean Maddan.