Tell the truth? Identifying common sources and types of advice juvenile defendants receive when pleading guilty to their first offense.

MB Fessinger, I Randolph, P Frick… - … , Public Policy, and …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
We examined the role of advice on juvenile defendants' plea decisions. We analyzed data
from interviews with 1,216 13-to 17-year-old male youth within 6 weeks of the disposition …

Whose fault? Defendant perceptions of their own blameworthiness and guilty plea decisions

JG Lee, CM Jaynes, S Patterson - Journal of Crime and Justice, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
With the present paper, we seek to understand how defendants form of perceptions
blameworthiness and to assess how these perceptions affect willingness to accept a plea …

The mark of a felony conviction: How does the threat of a felony influence willingness to accept a plea?

JG Lee, CM Jaynes - Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2024 - Springer
Objectives Investigate how the threat of a possible felony conviction affects defendants'
willingness to accept a plea (WTAP) and whether perceptions of collateral consequences …

Bargaining in the Shadow of the Truth: How Client Assertion, Perception of Guilt, and Predictive Inaccuracy Influence Plea Recommendations

AD Vaynman - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Over the past few decades, the largely hidden, secretive, and widely used system of plea
bargaining has caught the fervent attention of scholars. The Shadow of the Trial model has …