discrimination in criminal justice administration

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discrimination in criminal justice administration

Race to incarcerate

a graphic retelling
Presents a graphic novel version and retelling of the handbook and treatise "Race to Incarcerate," which explores how the United States has the highest criminal incarceration population in the world. Discusses where the U.S. prison system and incarceration policies may have gone wrong and are needlessly putting more strain on our prisons than necessary.

On the run

fugitive life in an American city
Presents the argument that the so-called war on drugs has done nothing to actually stop the illegal purchasing and using of drugs in America. Discusses the, for all intents and purposes, police surveillance states that have arisen in poor neighborhoods due to drug crackdowns.

African Americans and criminal justice

an encyclopedia
2014
A collection of essays documenting the historical and contemporary impact of the law and the justice system on people of African ancestry in the United States, covering three centuries of racialized law and criminal justice practice at the local, state, and federal levels.

Criminal injustice

slaves and free Blacks in Georgia's criminal justice system
2009

The color of the law

race, violence, and justice in the post-World War II South
1999
Examines the effects of World War II on race relations and the criminal justice system through a study of the race riot that erupted in Columbia, Tennessee in 1946 over the attempted lynching of young African-American Navy veteran James Stephenson.

Search and destroy

African-American males in the criminal justice system
1997
Explores the criminal justice system in America and discusses its impact on young, African-American males.

Race, crime, and the law

1998
Examines the relationship between race and the administration of the criminal justice system, the selection of minorities for jury duty, and how racial prejudice can render a trial unfair.

Search and destroy

African-American males in the criminal justice system
1996

Race and justice

Rodney King and O.J. Simpson in a house divided
1996
Discusses the racial inequality, discrimination, and mistreatment of African-Americans nationwide and particularly of males in Los Angeles, using the cases of Rodney King and O.J. Simpson as examples.

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