Social Order and Plea Bargaining in the Courtroom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2276273 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D W Maynard (0000-0002-3021-6916, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 233-251 |
| Publication date | 1983-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1983.tb00700.x |
| OpenAlex | W1996400605 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 50 |
The bureaucratic characteristics of the court process are examined as achievement-of face-to-face interactions in a courtroom where plea bargaining and other official and unofficial activities occur. Bargaining sessions are insulated from intrusion by standard practices which protect focused interactions. Defendants are “processed” not in any automatic way, but by carefully orchestrated lines of interaction, which render those defendants indistinguishable to judges and other observers. These features are due not to “overcrowding,” but to the way conduct is organized in the court. Defendants' contributions to the courtroom's social order are related to character assessment, a central activity in plea bargaining
Bureaucracy · Business · Criminology · Face (sociological concept) · Intrusion · Law and economics · Order (exchange) · Overcrowding · Plea · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Legal Education and Practice Innovations
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |