Weiss, Michael Scott,  1969- <br/><br/>
Public defenders  pragmatic and political motivations to represent the indigent /  [electronic resource] : 
Michael Scott Weiss. 
 - New York :  LFB Scholarly Publishing,  2005. 
 - vii, 303 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Criminal justice : recent scholarship .
 - Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public defenders--Attitudes.--United States<br/>Legal assistance to the poor--United States.<br/>Right to counsel--United States.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF9646  / .W45 2005eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>345.73/01