Women Accused of Homicide: The Impact of Race, Relationship to Victim, and Prior Physical Abuse

Field, Carolyn; Cherukuri, Suvarna; Kimuna, Sitawa R.; Berg, Dee

doi:10.4236/aasoci.2017.78018

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“…Several recent studies (Baxter, 2012;Field et al, 2017;Jahangeer, 2013;Wood et al, 2016) have examined the ways in which public defenders carry out their duties to society and the importance of the plea bargaining process in the processing of cases through the criminal justice system. Public defense work relies heavily on investigation of facts, research of the law, and client communication.…”

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Public Defenders in a Homicide Division: The Courtroom Workgroup, Plea Bargaining, Career Motivations, Views on the Causes of Crime, Perceptions of Prosecutors’ Views of Crime, and Dealing with Occupational Stress in Their Daily Lives

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Bentz²,

Zizzo³

2023

AASoci

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This study examines the courtroom workgroup, focusing on the plea-bargaining process for public defenders and their relationships with prosecutors in their courtroom workgroup. Using grounded theory method, this research examines semi-structured interviews of public defenders (N = 6) in the homicide division of a large East Coast American city. Qualitative analysis of the interviews reveals themes of disconnect in this jurisdiction's courtroom workgroup. Public defenders of this jurisdiction perceive a stark contrast between their views on the causes of crime when compared to their perception of prosecutor's views. Results further show that there is limited constructive communication between the defense and prosecuting attorneys in this courtroom workgroup. Interviews also revealed that the public defenders mostly saw structural societal issues as the causes of crime, whereas their perception of prosecutor's views on crime was starkly different. A symbolic interactionist perspective of these results suggests that workgroup disconnect between the public defenders and prosecutors of this jurisdiction inhibits the plea bargain process, thus enhancing occupational stress and frustrations for the public defenders, who dealt with that stress in many unique ways in each of their personal lives.

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Public Defenders in a Homicide Division: The Courtroom Workgroup, Plea Bargaining, Career Motivations, Views on the Causes of Crime, Perceptions of Prosecutors’ Views of Crime, and Dealing with Occupational Stress in Their Daily Lives

Field¹,

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Zizzo³

2023

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“…Few courts readily take the woman's history of victimization into account "either in establishing culpability or in sentencing" (Doyle, Khanna, & Grimstone, 2016). Many end up serving lengthy prison sentences (Field, Cherukuri, Kimuna, & Berg, 2017). Sichel, Javdani, Gordon, and Huynh (2020, this issue) in their examination of women's violence, argue that it is important to understand the "context of gendered inequality" in order to understand women's use of violence in response to patriarchal oppression.…”

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Gender and sex inequalities: Implications and resistance

Hazel

Kleyman

2019

Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community

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Despite gains in some regions and countries for justice and equality, people around the world are still constrained by patriarchal hetero orthodoxy and resultant inequality, discrimination, oppression, and violence. For women in the U.S., progress towards equality has been often met with backlash, stalling and/or rolling back any advances. The same is true for the LGBTQ community. In this introduction to the second of three issues focused on social inequalities, we discuss some of the recent trends and research detailing the status of women and LGBTQ, thus providing the context within which the articles contained in this issue are situated. Research presented in the current issue examines many of the inequalities that disrupt or hinder women and LGBTQ in society, and describes potential solutions involving community interventions, policy change, and political advocacy.

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Chapter 3 Feminist Pathways and Female Homicide Offenders

Liles¹,

Moak²

2018

Homicide and Violent Crime

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Women Accused of Homicide: The Impact of Race, Relationship to Victim, and Prior Physical Abuse

Cited by 3 publications

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Public Defenders in a Homicide Division: The Courtroom Workgroup, Plea Bargaining, Career Motivations, Views on the Causes of Crime, Perceptions of Prosecutors’ Views of Crime, and Dealing with Occupational Stress in Their Daily Lives

Public Defenders in a Homicide Division: The Courtroom Workgroup, Plea Bargaining, Career Motivations, Views on the Causes of Crime, Perceptions of Prosecutors’ Views of Crime, and Dealing with Occupational Stress in Their Daily Lives

Gender and sex inequalities: Implications and resistance

Chapter 3 Feminist Pathways and Female Homicide Offenders

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