Social inequality, criminal justice, and race in Tennessee : 1960-2014

Social inequality, criminal justice, and race in Tennessee : 1960-2014 / Gerald K. Fosten.

This book examines the national criminal justice system's and the state of Tennessee criminal justice system's policies in terms of how they balance the citizens' need for prisons with the private sector's desire for profits and the policies' effects on the incarceration rat...

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Main Author: Fosten, Gerald K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Subjects:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Tennessee.
African Americans > Tennessee > Social conditions.
Prison-industrial complex > Tennessee.
Equality > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
African Americans > Social conditions
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Equality
Prison-industrial complex
Race relations
United States > Race relations.
Tennessee
United States
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Summary:This book examines the national criminal justice system's and the state of Tennessee criminal justice system's policies in terms of how they balance the citizens' need for prisons with the private sector's desire for profits and the policies' effects on the incarceration rate of African American males in the state of Tennessee.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 131 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781498559218
1498559212
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 11, 2018).

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