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crime and punishment in Black America
By James Forman
"Locking up our own" was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2017 - nyu, it has 306 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Locking up our own” Metadata:
- Title: Locking up our own
- Author: James Forman
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 306
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publish Date: 2017
- Publish Location: nyu
“Locking up our own” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Administration of Criminal justice - Race relations - African American judges - Power over Life and death - Social justice - African American police - Discrimination in criminal justice administration - African American politicians - Criminal justice, administration of - United states, race relations - African american police - African american judges - African american politicians - New York Times reviewed - SOCIAL SCIENCE - Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Criminology - POLITICAL SCIENCE - Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement - Criminal justice, administration of--united states - Discrimination in criminal justice administration--united states - Life and death, power over - Social justice--united states - Social science--ethnic studies--african american studies - Social science--criminology - Political science--political freedom & security--law enforcement - Hv9950 .f655 2017 - 364.973089/96073 - Soc001000 soc004000 pol014000
- Places: United States
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: 306 pages
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL27232273M - OL20052253W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 959667302
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2016041345
- ISBN-13: 9780374189976
- ISBN-10: 0374189978
- All ISBNs: 0374189978 - 9780374189976
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"Locking up our own" Description:
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"An original and consequential argument about race, crime, and the law Today, Americans are debating our criminal justice system with new urgency. Mass incarceration and aggressive police tactics -- and their impact on people of color -- are feeding outrage and a consensus that something must be done. But what if we only know half the story? In Locking Up Our Own, the Yale legal scholar and former public defender James Forman Jr. weighs the tragic role that some African Americans themselves played in escalating the war on crime. As Forman shows, the first substantial cohort of black mayors, judges, and police chiefs took office around the country amid a surge in crime. Many came to believe that tough measures -- such as stringent drug and gun laws and "pretext traffic stops" in poor African American neighborhoods -- were needed to secure a stable future for black communities. Some politicians and activists saw criminals as a "cancer" that had to be cut away from the rest of black America. Others supported harsh measures more reluctantly, believing they had no other choice in the face of a public safety emergency. Drawing on his experience as a public defender and focusing on Washington, D.C., Forman writes with compassion for individuals trapped in terrible dilemmas -- from the young men and women he defended to officials struggling to cope with an impossible situation. The result is an original view of our justice system as well as a moving portrait of the human beings caught in its coils."-- "Recounts the tragic role that some African Americans--as judges, prosecutors, politicians, police officers, and voters--played in escalating the war on crime"--
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