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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452850203321

Autore

Tonry Michael H

Titolo

Punishing race [[electronic resource] ] : a continuing American dilemma / / Michael Tonry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, NY, : Oxford University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-282-13528-7

9786613807861

0-19-997418-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

Studies in Crime and Public Policy

Disciplina

364.973089

Soggetti

Crime and race - United States

Criminal justice, Administration of - United States

Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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