Document Type
Review
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
Although misdemeanors comprise an overwhelming majority of state criminal court cases, little judicial and scholarly attention has been focused on how misdemeanor courts actually operate. In her article, Misdemeanors, Alexandra Natapoff rights this wrong and explains how the low-visibility, highly discretionary decisions made by actors at the misdemeanor level often result in rampant discrimination, incredible inefficiency, and vast miscarriages of justice. Misdemeanors makes a significant contribution to the literature by refocusing attention on the importance of misdemeanor offenses and beginning an important dialogue about what steps should be taken going forward to fix our broken misdemeanor justice system.
Recommended Citation
Primus, Eve Brensike. "Our Broken Misdemeanor Justice System: Its Problems and Some Potential Solutions." S. Cal. L. Rev. Postscript 85, no. 5 (2012): 80-7.
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