Developing Prosecutorial Charging Guidelines: A Case Study

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Author
Ring, Peter Smith
Keyword
Alaska Department of Law
courts
prosecution
plea bargaining
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http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10718
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JC 7903.03
Abstract
In July 1975, Alaska's attorney general announced his intention to end plea bargaining by assistant attorneys in all criminal cases involving violations of Alaska criminal law. While the major thrust of this policy change was intended to halt negotiations over sentencing, the policy also dealt — albeit less intensely — with charge bargaining. This paper describes efforts ot the Alaska Department of Law's Criminal Division to enhance the effectiveness of plea bargaining policy through the development of uniform, statewide charging guidelines, including the development of Project PROSECUTOR (PROSecutor Enhanced Charging Using Tested Options and Research), and presents preliminary findings from the project's prosecutorial screening intake component.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements / Introduction / The Environment / The Infrastructure / The Department of Law / The Anchorage District Attorney's Office / The Plea Bargaining Policy / Project Prosecutor / Tentative Findings / Preliminary Data Findings / Summation / APPENDICES: A. Memoranda from Alaska Attorney General Avrum Gross re: plea bargaining ban; B. Tables; C. Data Collection Instrument; D. Case Evaluation Forum / References
Date
1979-03-14
Publisher
Criminal Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage
Type
Working Paper
Citation
Ring, Peter Smith. (1979). "Developing Prosecutorial Charging Guidelines: A Case Study". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, OH, Mar 1979.
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