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Development And Diversification In Administrative Rule Making, Ralph F. Fuchs Jan 1977

Development And Diversification In Administrative Rule Making, Ralph F. Fuchs

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Charge Reduction: An Intermediary Stage In The Process Of Labelling Criminal Defendants, Ilene Nagel Bernstein, Edward Kick, Jan T. Leung, Barbara Schulz Jan 1977

Charge Reduction: An Intermediary Stage In The Process Of Labelling Criminal Defendants, Ilene Nagel Bernstein, Edward Kick, Jan T. Leung, Barbara Schulz

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The interactionist perspective emphasizes the imperfect correspondence between alleged deviance and societal reactions. Moreover, it is asserted that values of reactors, statuses of the alleged deviant, and bureaucratic constraints of deviance processing organizations help explain some of that imperfection. Focusing on one intermediary deviance processing stage, i.e., plea bargaining, we explore the degree to which our data are consonant with interactionist assumptions. For a sample of 1,435 male and female criminal defendants, we find the favorability of the charge reduction outcome is partly explained by values of reactors, statuses of the defendant, and bureaucratic constraints of the court. Thus, our …


Societal Reaction To Deviants: The Case Of Criminal Defendants, Ilene Nagel Bernstein, William R. Kelly, Patricia A. Doyle Jan 1977

Societal Reaction To Deviants: The Case Of Criminal Defendants, Ilene Nagel Bernstein, William R. Kelly, Patricia A. Doyle

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Recent reformulations of the societal reaction theory argue that the thesis is a perspective rather than a theory, and that the perspective is meant to provide a set of sensitizing concepts to those researching deviance. This research examines the degree of congruence between hypotheses deduced from those assertions and a set of real world occurrences. Data for a sample of male defendants charged with felony offenses are examined to estimate the effects of (1) deviants' social attributes, (2) the specific societal reactors, (3) the values placed on certain offenses and (4) the organizational imperatives of the deviance-controlling organization, controlling for …


Potential Competition Mergers: A Structural Synthesis, Joseph F. Brodley Jan 1977

Potential Competition Mergers: A Structural Synthesis, Joseph F. Brodley

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Book Review. Pollution And Policy: A Case Essay On California And Federal Experience With Motor Vehicle Air Pollution, 1940-1975 By J. E. Krier And E. Ursin, A. Dan Tarlock Jan 1977

Book Review. Pollution And Policy: A Case Essay On California And Federal Experience With Motor Vehicle Air Pollution, 1940-1975 By J. E. Krier And E. Ursin, A. Dan Tarlock

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Book Review. Cumulative Subject Index To The Public Affairs Information Service Annual Bulletins, 1915-1974, Colleen Kristl Pauwels Jan 1977

Book Review. Cumulative Subject Index To The Public Affairs Information Service Annual Bulletins, 1915-1974, Colleen Kristl Pauwels

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Introduction: Afro-America And International Law, Henry J. Richardson Jan 1977

Introduction: Afro-America And International Law, Henry J. Richardson

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Book Review. Le Regime Juridique Des Investissements Étrangers En Gréce. Contribution À Une Théorie De L’Investissement International By K. G. Mavrias, A. A. Fatouros Jan 1977

Book Review. Le Regime Juridique Des Investissements Étrangers En Gréce. Contribution À Une Théorie De L’Investissement International By K. G. Mavrias, A. A. Fatouros

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No abstract provided.