The Political Roots of Racial Tracking in American Criminal Justice

by Nina Moore and Nina M. Moore

Book Overview

The race problem in the American criminal justice system persists because we enable it. The tendency of liberals to point a finger at law enforcement, racial conservatives, the War on Drugs, is misguided. Black as well as white voters, Democrat as much as Republican lawmakers, President Obama as much as Reagan, both Congress and the Supreme Court alike; all are implicated. We all are 'The Man'. Whether the problem is defined in terms of blacks' overrepresentation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107654882
• ISBN13: 9781107654884
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"