Notable Recent Publications features the latest empirical research and data related to indigent defense. Should you have suggestions, ideas for work that should be included, or trouble accessing any of the articles featured, please write to albdavies@smu.edu.
Articles
Mally Shechory Bitton & Anat Mashiach, "From Their Angle: A Look at the Emotional World of Defense Attorneys Who Represent Sex Offenders." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.
"Fifteen defense attorneys
working for the Public Defender’s Office in Israel were interviewed
using a semi-structured interview. The findings indicated two major
issues related to defense attorney perception of their work: (1) the
distinctiveness of representing sex offenders due to their unique
characteristics and (2) the emotional impact of working with sex
offenders."
Gustavo Fondevila and Miguel Quintana-Navarrete, Pre-trial detention and legal defence in Latin America, International Journal of Law in Context.
"This paper attempts to describe the actions taken by lawyers in order to free their clients during
the judicial process, using new empirical evidence collected from the incarcerated population in
Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, Chile, Mexico and Peru. Results suggest that public defenders request conditional
release less frequently but do so more effectively than their private counterparts."
"In this paper, first, I briefly discuss the song, and the significance of its live performances in the 1970s.... I consider all the criminal procedure issues raised by the song, in a section in which I look at (1) “the law,” (2) Dylan’s characterization of the issues in question, and (3) as best as I can, the “inside baseball” on what actually happened (drawing on reported cases, transcript excerpts and other scholarship). Following this, I discuss the cases briefly in the context of the legal school of thought known as therapeutic jurisprudence."