Splintered Justice: Is Judicial Corruption Breaking the Bench?

Abstract:

Despite a general or anecdotal knowledge of the crimes of judges in the United States, a concrete understanding of
the breadth of judicial corruption, and the consequences it presents for judges, the court system, and the public has
not been established. This lack of knowledge may be due to the sheer size of the American judicial system, the lack
of a readily accessible source for valid and reliable information to track judicial misconduct, or simply the
unwillingness of legal and criminal justice scholars to include the topic in more broad discussions of white-collar
crime. In light of these deficits, this article seeks to accomplish three tasks: (1) compare and contrast how the state
and Federal judicial oversight systems are arranged to monitor and respond to individual acts of judicial corruption;
(2) investigate the incidence and prevalence of judicial corruption, with a focus on economic crimes; and (3) assess
the viability and impact of criminal, administrative, and civil sanctions against judges found guilty of violating criminal
statutes.

Association:

Name: ASC Annual Meeting

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MLA Citation:

Koller, Cynthia. and Koller, Elizabeth. "Splintered Justice: Is Judicial Corruption Breaking the Bench?" Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the ASC Annual Meeting, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 04,
2009 <Not Available>. 2010-11-15<http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p371548_index.html>
APA Citation:

Koller, C. and Koller, E. , 2009-11-04 "Splintered Justice: Is Judicial Corruption Breaking the Bench?" Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the ASC Annual Meeting, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, PA <Not Available>. 2010-11-
15 fromhttp://www.allacademic.com/meta/p371548_index.html
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Despite a general or anecdotal knowledge of the crimes of judges in the United States, a concrete
understanding of the breadth of judicial corruption, and the consequences it presents for judges, the court system,
and the public has not been established. This lack of knowledge may be due to the sheer size of the American
judicial system, the lack of a readily accessible source for valid and reliable information to track judicial misconduct,
or simply the unwillingness of legal and criminal justice scholars to include the topic in more broad discussions of
white-collar crime. In light of these deficits, this article seeks to accomplish three tasks: (1) compare and contrast
how the state and Federal judicial oversight systems are arranged to monitor and respond to individual acts of
judicial corruption; (2) investigate the incidence and prevalence of judicial corruption, with a focus on economic
crimes; and (3) assess the viability and impact of criminal, administrative, and civil sanctions against judges found
guilty of violating criminal statutes.

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