Public defenders pragmatic and political motivations to represent the indigent - Weiss, Michael Scott (LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index
A study of public defender motivations -- Defense attorneys in the criminal courts -- Challenges of public defense -- A qualitative, semi-structured interview study -- Pragmatic motivations -- Legal and constitutional motivations -- Altruistic motivations -- Anti-establishment motivations -- Anti-police motivations -- Anti-prosecutor motivations -- Anti-judge and anti-corrections motivations -- Public defender motivations