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The first inside look at how the elite white-collar crime defense bar goes about its work. Mann's book reveals that these lawyers see their main task as controlling information about their clients, especially the flow of harmful information to government investigators. As both lawyer and sociologist, Mann was able to gain access only rarely available to scholars. His book raises important ethical and policy questions for the bar and for the administration of justice. "People who think our criminal system is too soft on muggers and petty thieves can learn from Mann's book how soft things get when business-class thieves are in trouble." -- Michael Kinsley, Fortune

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The criminal justice system is often regarded as a plea-bargain process in which legally available procedures and rights are replaced by alternative modes of case resolution. This model, however, as evidenced by Mann's findings from interviews and field observations conducted within the New York City area, is applicable to street crime but not to white-collar crime. It instead is characterized by an extreme adversarial nature at all stages of the criminal justice process. Indeed, as the lawyers for such clients are generally retained before charges are lodged, it is critical that each attorney determine what inculpatory information exists and whether the investigating governmental agency knows it, thereafter controlling and limiting the flow of such informationall in order to prevent an indictment, personally and professionally as damaging as a conviction. An important contribution to this area; highly recommended for law and general academic collections. Merlin Whiteman, Dann Pecar Newman Talesnick & Kleiman, Indianapolis (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.