COVID-19 exacerbates existing system factors that disadvantage defendants: Findings from a national survey of defense attorneys. | Zendy

Tarika DaftaryKapur | Zendy; Kelsey S. Henderson | Zendy; Tina M. Zottoli | Zendy

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COVID-19 exacerbates existing system factors that disadvantage defendants: Findings from a national survey of defense attorneys.

Author(s) -

Tarika DaftaryKapur,

Kelsey S. Henderson,

Tina M. Zottoli

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

law and human behavior

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.432

H-Index - 95

eISSN - 1573-661X

pISSN - 0147-7307

DOI - 10.1037/lhb0000442

Subject(s) - legal psychology , psychology , disadvantage , covid-19 , social psychology , criminology , law , political science , virology , medicine , outbreak , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)

COVID-19 has impacted many facets of daily life and the legal system is no exception. Legal scholars have hypothesized that the effects of the pandemic may contribute to more coercive plea bargains (Cannon, 2020; Johnson, 2020). In this study, we explored defense attorneys' perceptions of whether and how the plea process has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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