Article
COVID-19 Exacerbates Existing System Factors That Disadvantage Defendants: Findings from a National Survey of Defense Attorneys
Law and Human Behavior
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
4-1-2021
Subjects
- COVID 19 (Disease) -- United States,
- Administration of criminal justice -- United States
Disciplines
Abstract
COVID-19 has impacted many facets of daily life and the legal system is no exception. Legal scholars have hypothesized that the effects of the pandemic may contribute to more coercive plea bargains (Cannon, 2020; Johnson, 2020). In this study, we explored defense attorneys' perceptions of whether and how the plea process has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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DOI
10.1037/lhb0000442
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/36367
Citation Information
Tarika Daftary-Kapur, Kelsey S. Henderson and Tina M Zottoli. "COVID-19 Exacerbates Existing System Factors That Disadvantage Defendants: Findings from a National Survey of Defense Attorneys" Law and Human Behavior (2021) ISSN: 1573-661X Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kelsey-henderson/8/
This is the author’s version of a work. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Law and Human Behavior, 45(2), 81–96. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000442