U.S. attorneys, political control, and career ambition
United States Attorneys (USAs), the chief federal prosecutors in each judicial district, are key in determining how the federal government uses coercive force against its citizens. How much control do national political actors exert over the prosecutorial decisions of USAs? In this text, the authors...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2018, 2018
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online / Oxford scholarship online
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | United States Attorneys (USAs), the chief federal prosecutors in each judicial district, are key in determining how the federal government uses coercive force against its citizens. How much control do national political actors exert over the prosecutorial decisions of USAs? In this text, the authors investigate this question using a unique data set of federal criminal prosecutions between 1986 and 2015 that captures both decisions by USAs to file cases as well as the sentences that result |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2018 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780190928278 |