02583nam 2200529Ia 450 991045285020332120200520144314.01-282-13528-797866138078610-19-997418-7(CKB)2550000000105416(EBL)978155(OCoLC)801974025(MiAaPQ)EBC978155(Au-PeEL)EBL978155(CaPaEBR)ebr10581431(CaONFJC)MIL380786(EXLCZ)99255000000010541620100429d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Punishing race[electronic resource] a continuing American dilemma /Michael TonryOxford ;New York, NY Oxford University Pressc20111 online resource (221 p.)Studies in Crime and Public PolicyDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-992646-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; WHow 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 pStudies in Crime and Public PolicyCrime and raceUnited StatesCriminal justice, Administration ofUnited StatesDiscrimination in criminal justice administrationUnited StatesElectronic books.Crime and raceCriminal justice, Administration ofDiscrimination in criminal justice administration364.973089Tonry Michael H145323MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452850203321Punishing race1903093UNINA