The effectiveness of public defenders in four Florida counties |
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Authors: | Marian R. Williams |
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Affiliation: | Department of Government and Justice Studies, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32107, Boone, NC 28608, United States |
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Abstract: | PurposeThe present study utilizes data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics to examine the effectiveness of public defenders in Florida to assess whether the case outcomes of defendants with public defenders are similar to the case outcomes of defendants with retained attorneys, controlling for legally-relevant variables.MethodsThe present study utilizes both logistic and OLS regression analysis to examine differences between attorneys for seven different case outcomes.ResultsResults indicate that defendants with public defenders are more likely to be detained pretrial, more likely to be convicted, and less likely to have their cases dismissed. The results dispute previous research which found few, if any, differences between public defenders and retained counsel.ConclusionResults suggest that, at least in the counties examined, defendants with public defenders suffer from a lack of quality counsel. |
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