Public defenders [electronic resource] : pragmatic and political motivations to represent the indigent / Michael Scott Weiss.

A study of public defender motivations
Defense attorneys in the criminal courts
Challenges of public defense
A qualitative, semi-structured interview study
Pragmatic motivations
Legal and constitutional motivations
Altruistic motivations
Anti-establishment motivations
Anti-police motivations
Anti-prosecutor motivations
Anti-judge and anti-corrections motivations
Public defender motivations.