COVID-19 Exacerbates Existing System Factors That Disadvantage Defendants: Findings from a National Survey of Defense Attorneys

Authors

Tarika Daftary-Kapur, Montclair State University
Kelsey S. Henderson, Portland State UniversityFollow
Tina M. Zottoli, Montclair State University.

Published In

Law and Human Behavior

Document Type

Post-Print

Publication Date

4-1-2021

Subjects

COVID 19 (Disease) -- United States, Administration of criminal justice -- United States

Abstract

COVID-19 has impacted many facets of daily life and the legal system is no exception. Legal scholars have hypothesized that the effects of the pandemic may contribute to more coercive plea bargains (Cannon, 2020; Johnson, 2020). In this study, we explored defense attorneys' perceptions of whether and how the plea process has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Description

This is the author’s version of a work. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Law and Human Behavior, 45(2), 81–96. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000442

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000442

DOI

10.1037/lhb0000442

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/36367

Citation Details

Daftary-Kapur, Tarika; Henderson, Kelsey S.; and Zottoli, Tina M., "COVID-19 Exacerbates Existing System Factors That Disadvantage Defendants: Findings from a National Survey of Defense Attorneys" (2021). Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations. 98.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/36367