TY  - BOOK
AU  - Uviller,H.Richard
TI  - The tilted playing field: is criminal justice unfair? 
SN  - 0585380473
AV  - HV9950 .U85 1999eb
U1  - 364/.089/00973 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Discrimination in criminal justice administration
KW  - United States
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Criminology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LAW
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Strafverfahren
KW  - gnd
KW  - Faires Verfahren
KW  - Strafrechtspleging
KW  - gtt
KW  - Algemene beginselen van behoorlijke rechtspraak
KW  - Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Social Welfare & Social Work
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - Verenigde Staten
KW  - USA
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes index; Introduction: Metaphorically Speaking --; 1; Level Playing Fields and the Idea of Fairness --; 2; Discretion and the Advantage of Initiation: Choosing a Target, Bringing a Charge --; 3; Access to Information, First- and Secondhand: You Are What You Know --; 4; Voucher and the Virtue of Office: The White-Hat Factor --; 5; Burdens and Presumptions: Rescue from the Quandary of Perhaps --; 6; The Blessing of Bankroll: Financial Disparity and the Riddle of Bail --; 7; Excluding Adverse Evidence: Truth or Justice? --; 8; Appealability and the Ordeal of Jeopardy: Capitalization of Error --; 9; Truth Telling and the Limits of Ethical License: Counsel's Tolerable Deceptions --; 10; Jury Irrationality and Its Insulation: Arousing the Unimpeachable Impulse
N2  - "Although evenly matched adversaries make for a more exciting athletic contest, and a level playing field is essential to a fair game, is the same true in a criminal trial? In this book, H. Richard Uviller argues that a criminal trial is not analogous to a sporting event. Prosecutors and defense attorneys are, in critical respects, different from each other, and the allocation of advantages to each must be uneven in order to be fair." "In a lively exploration of the powers of the prosecutor and the prerogatives of the defense, Uviller asks where our criminal justice system is fair though unequal and where its inequalities may subvert fair results. Uviller concludes that although the overall criminal justice system reflects a fair distribution of advantages and disadvantages, in certain areas the imbalance is so severe as to undermine justice. He offers realistic, carefully considered recommendations for reform in these problem areas."--Jacket
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