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61 B.C. L. Rev. 971 (2020)
Misdemeanors by the Numbers

handle is hein.journals/bclr61 and id is 988 raw text is: MISDEMEANORS BY THE NUMBERS SANDRA G MAYSON MEGAN T. STEVENSON INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 973 I. EIGHT MISDEMEANOR SYSTEMS .............................................................................................. 983 A . The Eight Jurisdictions ......................................................................................................983 B. Common Elements in Misdemeanor Law and Practice......................................................984 C. Variation in Misdemeanor Law and Practice ....................................................................989 D. The Datasets ......................................................................................................................992 II. A CROSS-JURISDICTIONAL STUDY OF MISDEMEANOR COURT RECORDS ............................... 996 A. Overview Metrics ...............................................................................................................996 1. Defendant Demographics ..............................................................................................996 2. Case-Filing Rates ..........................................................................................................998 3. Charges Per Case.........................................................................................................1001 4. Defense Representation Rates .....................................................................................1002 5. Case Duration..............................................................................................................1003 6. Trial and Conviction Rates ..........................................................................................1004 7. Racial Disparities.........................................................................................................1005 B. Bond and Pretrial Detention............................................................................................ 1008 C. Sentencing........................................................................................................................ 1012 III. WHAT THE NUMBERS REVEAL ............................................................................................ 1014 A. The Scale of Misdemeanor Justice (Again) ......................................................................1014 B. M isdem eanor Injustice ..................................................................................................... 1016 C. Uniform ity A m id Variation .............................................................................................. 1018 IV. THE CHALLENGE OF HETEROGENEITY ................................................................................ 1019 A. Schrdinger's Crime? ...................................................................................................... 1019 B. The Study of Misdemeanor Justice...............................................................................1023 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 1027 APPENDIX A: EIGHT MISDEMEANOR SYSTEMS-DETAILS AND SOURCES ............................... 1028 APPENDIX B: OFFENSE GROUPINGS .......................................................................................... 1044 971

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