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Autore |
Tonry Michael H |
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Titolo |
Punishing race [[electronic resource] ] : a continuing American dilemma / / Michael Tonry |
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Oxford ; ; New York, NY, : Oxford University Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-13528-7 |
9786613807861 |
0-19-997418-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (221 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Crime and Public Policy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Crime and race - United States |
Criminal justice, Administration of - United States |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1: A Continuing American Dilemma; 2: Imprisonment; 3: Drugs; 4: Race, Bias, and Politics; 5: Ideology, Moralism, and Government; 6: Doing Less Harm; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How can it be, in a nation that elected Barack Obama, that one third of African American males born in 2001 will spend time in a state or federal prison, and that black men are seven times likelier than white men to be in prison? Blacks are much more likely than whites to be stopped by the police, arrested, prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned, and are much less likely to have confidence in justice system officials, especially the police.In Punishing Race, Michael Tonry demonstrates in lucid, accessible language that these patterns result not from racial differences in crime or drug use but p |
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