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Lynch, Mona Pauline,

Hard bargains : the coercive power of drug laws in federal court / Mona Lynch. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The First Drug War : Laying the Groundwork -- The Great War : Creating an Infrastructure of Legal Power -- Soft Hammers? : The Deployment of Drug Law in the Liberal Northeast -- Respecting Law and Deterring Lawbreakers? : Hammers and Nails in Southern District -- Drugs, mules, and the looming border -- Inducing the plea : Strategic uses of legal power -- Conclusion -- Epilogue.

ISBN: 9781610448611 1610448618

Source: 22573/ctt1fzcdxg JSTOR

LCCN: 2016041734

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Drugs of abuse--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.--United States
Drug traffic--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States.
Plea bargaining--United States.
Drogues--Trafic--États-Unis.
Justice pénale--Administration--États-Unis.
Sentences (Procédure pénale)--États-Unis.
Négociation de peine--États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Criminology.
LAW--Criminal Law--Sentencing.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Drug traffic
Drugs of abuse--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions
Plea bargaining
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States

Subjects--Index Terms: Federal courts

LC Class. No.: KF3890

Dewey Class. No.: 345.73/0277