Punishing race : a continuing American dilemma / Michael Tonry.
How can it be, in a nation that elected Barack Obama, that one third of African American males born in 2001 will spend time in a state or federal prison, and that black men are seven times likelier than white men to be in prison? Blacks are much more likely than whites to be stopped by the police, a...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York : Oxford University Press, Ã2011. |
| Series: | Studies in crime and public policy.
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| Summary: | How can it be, in a nation that elected Barack Obama, that one third of African American males born in 2001 will spend time in a state or federal prison, and that black men are seven times likelier than white men to be in prison? Blacks are much more likely than whites to be stopped by the police, arrested, prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned, and are much less likely to have confidence in justice system officials, especially the police. In Punishing Race, Michael Tonry demonstrates in lucid, accessible language that these patterns result not from racial differences in crime or drug use but p. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 204 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199974184 0199974187 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |