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Color behind Bars [2 volumes] Racism in the U.S. Prison System [2 volumes]

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Synopsis

A diverse, critical analysis of racial and ethnic disparities within the American criminal justice system that encourages critical thinking by providing various sides to the issues.Low-income African Americans, Latin Americans, and American Indians bear the statistical brunt of policing, death penalty verdicts, and sentencing disparities in the United States. Why does this long-standing inequity exist in a country where schoolchildren are taught to expect "justice for all"? The original essays in this two-volume set not only examine the deep-rooted issues and lay out theories as to why racism remains a problem in our prison system, but they also provide potential solutions to the problem. The work gives a broad, multicultural overview of the history of overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in our prison system, examining white/black disparities as well as racism and issues of ethnic-based discrimination concerning other ethnic minorities. This up-to-date resource is ideally suited for undergraduate students who are enrolled in criminal justice or racial/ethnic studies classes and general readers interested in the U.S. criminal justice system.

Book details

Series:
Racism in American Institutions
Author:
Eileen M. Ahlin, Elyshia Aseltine, Tony A. Barringer, Christopher Bickel, Nicholas Brady, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Belinda E. Bruster, Michael J. Coyle, Janette Diaz, Danielle Dirks, Ronnie A. Dunn, Joe Feagin, Susana M. Funes, Laurie A. Gould, Timothy P. Hilton, Nikitah Imani, Ronn Johnson, Anne Li Kringen, Pat Lauderdale, Nkrumah Lewis, Vera Lopez, Michael J. Lynch, Joseph S. Masters, Tamara K. Nopper, Lisa Pasko, Matthew Pate, Pedro Rodriguez, Carl Root, Dorothy S. Ruiz, Sarah Scott, Brian Chad Starks, Leonard Steverson, Ruth Thompson-Miller, Alana Van Gundy, Roberto J. Velasquez, Emma Zack
ISBN:
9798216063032
Related ISBNs:
9780313399039
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
7-17
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-08-03
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
Scott Wm. Bowman 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies