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Hard bargains [electronic resource] :the coercive power of drug laws in federal court / Mona Lynch.

By: Lynch, Mona Pauline [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781610448611; 1610448618.Subject(s): SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General | LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology | Plea bargaining -- United States | Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States | Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States | Drug traffic -- United States | Drugs of abuse -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Criminal provisions | Federal courtsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 345.73/0277 Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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