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020			_a9783642409288 _9978-3-642-40928-8
024	7		_a10.1007/978-3-642-40928-8 _2doi
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100	1		_aBoyne, Shawn Marie. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe German Prosecution Service _h[electronic resource] : _bGuardians of the Law? / _cby Shawn Marie Boyne.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg : _bImprint: Springer, _c2014.
300			_aXV, 249 p. 1 illus. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0		_aIntroduction -- The Normative Vision of the Prosecution Service -- The Organization of Prosecution -- Everyday Practice and Low-Level Crime -- Discretion and Major Crimes -- A Closer Look at Discretion: The Prosecution of Serious Economic Crimes -- The Many Faces of Objectivity in the Courtroom -- Juvenile Justice -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Methods.
520			_aAcclaimed as the "the most objective prosecutors in the world", the German prosecution service has long attracted the attention in the past of comparative law scholars. At first glance, the institutional position and statutory mandate of German prosecutors indicate that that reputation is well-deserved. Unfortunately, the introduction of charge-bargaining has opened the door to criticism that German prosecutors have abandoned their role of objective decision-makers. Using interview data collected from interviews with German prosecutors themselves as well as quantitative data, the book uses the actual voices of German prosecutors to show how real-world constraints, rather than changes in the law, undermine the ability of German prosecutors to objectively seek the truth. The book will take readers behind closed doors where prosecutors discuss case decisions and unveil the realities of practice. As a result, it will critically revise previous studies of German prosecution practices and offer readers a well-researched ethnographic analysis of actual German decision-making practices and the culture of the prosecution service. Unlike prosecutors in America's adversarial system, whom critics claim are driven by a "conviction-mentality" and gamesmanship, German prosecutors are institutionally positioned to function as (at least semi-)judicial  officials dedicated to finding a case's objective truth. The book argues that, organizational incentives and norms, rather than the boundaries of the law determinately shapes how prosecutors investigate and prosecute crime in Germany.
650		0	_aLaw.
650		0	_aCriminal Law.
650		0	_aCriminology.
650	1	4	_aLaw.
650	2	4	_aPrivate International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.
650	2	4	_aCriminal Law.
650	2	4	_aCriminology & Criminal Justice.
650	2	4	_aTheories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.
650	2	4	_aOrganizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783642409271
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40928-8
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