The machinery of criminal justice / Stephanos Bibas.
2012
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Title
The machinery of criminal justice / Stephanos Bibas.
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Call Number
KF9223 .B53 2012
ISBN
9780195374681 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0195374681 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0195374681 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xxxii, 285 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)757718068
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-275) and index.
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Gift
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Author Biography
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction: The Divergence of Theory, Reality, and Morality
xv
Overview of the Book
xix
Themes of the Book
xxix
I.
The Long Drift from Morality Play to Machine
1
A.
Criminal Justice in the Early American Colonies
2
1.
Small-Town Morality
2
2.
Lay Justice
3
3.
Room for Mercy
6
4.
Reintegrative Punishment
9
B.
Criminal Justice Since the American Revolution
13
1.
The Changing Aims of Criminal Justice
13
2.
Professionalization
15
3.
The Birth of Plea Bargaining
18
4.
The Hiding of Punishment Behind Prison Walls
20
5.
The Decline of Mercy
23
II.
Opaque, Unresponsive Criminal Justice
29
A.
The Players
30
1.
Dominant Insiders, Savvy and Self-Interested
30
2.
Excluded Outsiders, Yearning for Justice
34
B.
The Play of the Game
40
1.
Round One: Insiders' Procedural Discretion Shapes the Rules in Action
41
2.
Round Two: Outsiders Try to Check Insiders
43
3.
Round Three: Insiders' Procedural Discretion Undercuts Reforms
44
4.
Round Four: Outsiders, Egged on by Politicians, Take Matters into Their Own Hands
45
5.
Round Five: Insiders Circumvent Even "Mandatory" Reforms
46
C.
Costs of the Game
48
1.
Clouding the Criminal Law's Substantive Message and Effectiveness
49
2.
Undermining Legitimacy and Trust
50
3.
Hindering Public Monitoring and Preferences
52
D.
Defense Lawyers and Defendants' Distrust
53
1.
Insider Defense Counsel's Interests and Pressures
53
2.
Defendants' Overoptimism and Risk-Taking
54
3.
Miscommunication, Mistrust, and Muting
55
III.
Denial, Remorse, Apology, and Forgiveness
59
A.
Denial and Equivocation
60
1.
The Use of Pleas by Defendants in Denial
60
2.
The Danger of Convicting the Innocent
63
3.
The Costs of False Denial and the Value of Confession
65
4.
The Value of Trials as Morality Plays
69
B.
Remorse, Apology, and Forgiveness
72
1.
The Irrelevance of Remorse and Apology in Contemporary Criminal Justice
72
2.
Crime as a Relational Concept
75
3.
Lessons from Noncriminal Contexts: Civil Mediation
80
IV.
Whose Voices Belong in Criminal Justice?
83
A.
The State's Monopoly on Criminal Justice
84
B.
Incomplete Alternatives to the State's Machinery
88
1.
Victims' Rights
89
2.
Restorative Justice
94
3.
Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Problem-Solving Courts
101
V.
Popular Moral Discourse Versus Mechanical Efficiency
109
A.
Efficiency Instead of Moral Judgment
110
B.
Why Not Address Substantive Moral Goals?
114
VI.
Returning Power to the Public in a Lawyer-Driven System
129
A.
Macro-Level Reforms
133
1.
From Idle Imprisonment to Work, Accountability, and Reform
133
2.
Collateral Consequences and Reentry
140
B.
Mid-Level Reforms to Include the Public
144
1.
Greater Transparency
144
2.
Increasing Public Participation
147
C.
Micro-Level Solutions
150
1.
Victim Information and Consultation
150
2.
Defendants' Information and Participation
153
3.
Restorative Sentencing Juries
156
Notes
167
Bibliography
243
Index
277