And the Poor Get Prison: Economic Bias in American Criminal Justice

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Synopsis
From the preface: It is obvious that the American criminal justice system is failing in the war against crime and equally obvious that American criminal justice policies often contribute to the very problem that they seek to solve. This book is an attempt to understand this failure: its dimensions, its mechanisms, its causes, and its possible solutions. To understand the failure of the American criminal justice system to protect us, it is necessary to see that the failure is not haphazard. It has a pattern. The criminal justice system devotes most of its resources to fighting against crimes like murder and mugging, crimes characteristically committed by the poor in our society. And, although our prisons are filled with poor criminals, little dent is made in the overall volume of their crimes. Indeed, there is reason to believe that prisons serve more as training grounds for future criminality than for good citizenship.
Copyright:
1996

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
191 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780205193684
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Jeffrey H. Reiman
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Dr. Kenneth Cross
Proofread By:
Sarah J. Blake
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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