Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/279408 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
ILE Working Paper Series No. 74
Publisher: 
University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics (ILE), Hamburg
Abstract: 
A global trend towards the imposition of criminal convictions without trial has been described as one of the key features of contemporary criminal procedure. Such phenomenon is referred to as "administratization" of criminal convictions, and it is characterized by the reliance on plea bargaining and penal orders as ordinary means for disposing of criminal cases. The present paper first describes the history, current adoption, and variations in the legal design of such procedures. Later, it provides original data about the extent of administratization of criminal convictions in fifty-nine jurisdictions worldwide. Finally, it discusses possible beneficial and adverse effects of higher administratization rates on key aspects of criminal justice systems, and the challenges to the empirical assessment of such effects.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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