Citation

Gertz MG, Price AC. J. Crim. Justice 1985; 13(2): 131-139.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(85)90061-3

PMID

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Abstract

Studies of criminal-court dispositions have traditionally aggregated courts along political and geographic boundaries. This article suggests that courts should be analyzed individually, even within the same jurisdiction, as a means of increasing the explanatory capacity of the variables involved. Further, it is contended that intercourt differences are a result of organizational influences operating within each court.