Crook County : racism and injustice in America's largest criminal court

Crook County : racism and injustice in America's largest criminal court / Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Cleve, Nicole Gonzalez (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]
Series:Ebook Central purchased.
Subjects:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Illinois > Cook County.
Racism > Illinois > Cook County.
Criminal courts > Illinois > Cook County.
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > Illinois > Cook County.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : opening the courthouse doors
  • Separate and unequal justice
  • Of monsters and mopes : racial and criminal "immorality"
  • Race in everyday legal practices
  • There are no racists here : prosecutors in the criminal courts
  • Rethinking Gideon's army : defense attorneys in the criminal courts
  • Conclusion : racialized punishment in the courts : a call to action.

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