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PLEA BARGAINING AND THE RESEARCH DILEMMA
Author(s) -
BALDWIN JOHN,
McCONVILLE MICHAEL
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1979.tb00187.x
Subject(s) - plea , dilemma , criminal justice , political science , law , administration (probate law) , economic justice , law and economics , criminology , sociology , epistemology , philosophy
Plea bargaining has been traditionally assumed to play no part in the administration of criminal justice in England. Research conducted by the authors casts serious doubts on this assumption. Their report on this research provoked a vituperative response from leaders of the English legal profession who attempted to suppress its publication. Some implications of this reaction for the independent conduct of research are examined in this article.