{"product_id":"9780195078206-taming-the-system-the-control-of-discretion-in-criminal-justice-1950-1990","title":"Taming the System","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Control of Discretion in Criminal Justice, 1950-1990. Since the American Bar Foundation Survey of the Administration of Criminal Justice (1953 - 1969) \"discovered\" the phenomenon of discretion in criminal justice, it has become something of a truism that the administration of criminal justice in the United States consists of a series of discretionary decisions by officials in regard to police discretion, bail, plea bargaining and sentencing. This book is a history of the attempts over the past forty years to control these discretionary powers in the criminal justice system. Walker brings together an enormous literature in a synthesis that will be of great value to professionals, reformers and students of the criminal justice system. In a field which largely produces short-ranged \"evaluation research\", this study, in taking a wider approach, distinguishes between the role of the courts and the role of administrative bodies (the police) and evaluates the longer-term trends and the successful reforms in criminal justice history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55208577139062,"sku":"9780195078206","price":94.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27252884.jpg?v=1738220121","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780195078206-taming-the-system-the-control-of-discretion-in-criminal-justice-1950-1990","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}