Author: Publisher:
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Category : Legal aid
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Operating a Defender Office
Author: Operating a Defender Office
Author: Burke E. DorworthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Operating a Defender Office
Author: National Institute of Justice (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Operating a defender Office
Author: Burke E. DorworthPublisher:
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Category : Public defenders
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
How to Organize a Defender Office
Author: National Legal Aid and Defender AssociationPublisher:
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Category : Defense (Criminal procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Public Defenders and the American Justice System
Author: Paul B. WicePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313049041
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Eighty to ninety percent of the nation's urban criminal defendants are defended in court by public defenders. Thus, understanding how these defender programs operate, their effectiveness and the quality of professional life for these beleaguered and often underpaid attorneys, is a critical factor in improving local criminal justice systems. What is it like to practice law in such an inhospitable environment, where clients often revile their counsel and prosecutors hold defenders in contempt? How does a public defender maintain self-esteem and dignity? What are the particular problems and obstacles of public defender offices? And how might such departments overcome these obstacles so that defendants and defenders, as well as the public, benefit? In vivid prose, and with vignettes and quotes from the lawyers themselves, Wice answers these questions and paints a truer picture of the state of public defenders offices than most of us have from television and the media. Through a colorful profile of a reform-minded public defender's office Newark, N.J., one of the nation's most crime-ridden smaller cities, Wice examines the public defender system and shows how even the smallest reforms, especially those that address quality of life and work for public defenders, can make a big difference. Comparing the smaller defender's office to larger ones in such cities as New York and Chicago, which have not instituted significant reforms, the author illustrates the successes that can be found when change is implemented. Flaws remain, but with improved services and work environments, this important component of the overburdened criminal justice system can function more effectively, creating a system that benefits lawyers, defendants, and the community alike.
Report of Minnesota Public Defender on First Four and One-half Years Operation Under the Minnesota Public Defender Act
Author: Minnesota. Office of the Public DefenderPublisher:
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Category : Public defenders
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
A Review of the Operation and Performance of the Office of the State Public Defender
Author: Commission on California State Government Organization and EconomyPublisher:
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Category : Public defenders
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Guide to Establishing a Defender System
Author: Nancy Albert GoldbergPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Public Defender Offices, 2007: Statistical Tables
Author: Lynn LangtonPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437933505
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Examines offices that provide representation for indigent defendants through a salaried staff of full-time or part-time attorneys employed as direct gov¿t. employees or through a public, nonprofit org. Public defender (PD) offices are categorized according to whether they are funded and admin. at the state gov¿t. level, the county level, or through a combination of state and county gov¿t. Topics include PD office staffing, caseloads, expenditures, and standards and guidelines used by the nearly 1,000 PD offices across 49 states and the D.C. In 2007, 964 PD offices across the nation received nearly 6 million indigent defense cases. Misdemeanor cases accounted for about 40% of all cases received by PD offices. Extensive charts and tables.