The Fear of Too Much Justice
Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts
New York : The New Press, 2023, ©2023.
Format: Book
Description: xvi, 347 pages ; 24 cm
"A legendary lawyer and a legal scholar reveal the structural failures that undermine justice in our criminal courts. The Fear of Too Much Justice offers a timely, trenchant, firsthand critique of our criminal courts and points the way toward a more just future"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The myth of the adversary system -- The all-powerful prosecutor -- A poor person's justice -- Judges and the politics of crime -- The whitewashed jury -- Courts of profit -- The madness of measuring mental disorders -- An excess of punishment -- More justice, less crime.
Subjects:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Public prosecutors -- United States.
Racism in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Public prosecutors -- United States.
Racism in criminal justice administration -- United States.
ISBN:
9781620970256
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LAW Bri | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.