I just thought I would share a link to a page with copies of the
research that I will be talking about on Wednesday afternoon. I will
discuss a model my colleagues and I created on the potential impact of
eliminating plea bargaining from trial courts and the current work we
are doing on creating a "case simulator" that explores the actual
process of plea bargaining or what I prefer to call "negotiated
justice." And if time permits, I'll show some of the neat things we
have discovered with our adaptations to Owen's version of the
Sugarscape.
http://www.professorgizzi.org/research.html provides links to papers
and some of the models. I'll have a few copies of the current paper
with me as well.
Looking forward to meeting many of you this week.
Michael Gizzi
On 3/12/06, Stephen Guerin <stephen.guerin at redfish.com> wrote:
> *** Reminder ***
>
> Note that this talk will be at 2p.
>
> Michael C Gizzi, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Political Science
> Institute for Modeling Complexity
> Mesa State College
>
> TITLE: Reconsidering Debates over Plea Bargaining with Agent-Based Modeling
>
> LOCATION: 624 Agua Fria Conference Room
> TIME: Wed March 15, 2p ***
>
> Lunch will be available for purchase
>
> ABSTRACT
> In this presentation I will discuss how my colleagues and I are using
> agent-based modeling as a way to evaluate research on plea bargaining in
> trial courts. Using NetLogo, we created two different models of plea
> bargaining. The first examines the impact of eliminating plea bargaining on
> prison populations and court delay. The second model explores the
> decision-making processes which shape plea bargaining. By modeling defense
> counsel, prosecutors, judges, and defendants, we are able to examine
> different theories explaining how and why plea bargaining occurs.
>
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