Prosecutorial Discretion: The Effects of Uncertainty
In this paper the author analyzes the exercise of prosecutorial discretion to "go forward" with charges. The author examines the relationship between sources of uncertainty in decision making and the initial decision to begin the criminalization process. Organizational theory bearing on un...
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| description | In this paper the author analyzes the exercise of prosecutorial discretion to "go forward" with charges. The author examines the relationship between sources of uncertainty in decision making and the initial decision to begin the criminalization process. Organizational theory bearing on uncertainty avoidance provides the perspective guiding the analysis. The author uses a maximum likelihood procedure to estimate the net effects on the probability of prosecution of a set of variables measuring uncertainty emerging within the backdrop of prosecutorial concern for obtaining a conviction at a jury trial. |
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