Chaos in the Courthouse: The Inner Workings of the Urban Criminal Courts

This book is a comprehensive portrait of our nation's criminal court system with its primary focus on the judge's role. It provides a first-hand look at the criminal justice system based on interviews with 500 judges and other key members of the criminal court workgroup, including prosecuters, public defenders, private criminal lawyers, court clerks and probation officers, in 15 major jurisdictions nationwide. In addition to a discussion on the art of judging criminal cases, the book compares and contrasts the criminal courts under consideration.Paul B. Wice is the author of 'Chaos in the Courthouse: The Inner Workings of the Urban Criminal Courts', published 1985 under ISBN 9780275901851 and ISBN 0275901858.