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Plea Bargaining Practices: Less Covert, more Public Support?

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa

Although a common practice in many legal systems, plea bargaining (PB) tends to be held in low esteem by the public at large. In the present study, which was based on a survey of a national sample of Israeli respondents, a factorial design methodology was used to examine public attitudes toward varied PB scenarios. It was hypothesized that opening up PB procedures to parties other than the traditionally involved "insiders" would enhance public support for PB. The findings of the study generally confirmed this hypothesis, albeit not completely: The effect of decreased covertness was minimal. This article concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of the findings.

Key Words: plea bargaining • covertness • public support • factorial survey

Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 50, No. 4, 590-614 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0011128703262112


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