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

By Van Cleve , Nicole Gonzalez

Book information

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780804790437, 9780804799201, 0804799202
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10820573 bytes)
Pages
\269
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Criminal courts;Criminal courts--Illinois--Cook Coetc;Minorities--Legal statusetc.--Illinois--Cook County;Racism;Racism--Illinoilaws

Description

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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