Search
Type
Format
Sort
Location
Audience

Bazelon, Emily

Summary: "A renowned investigative journalist exposes the unchecked power of the prosecutor as a driving force in America's mass incarceration crisis, and also offers a way out. The American criminal justice system is supposed to be a contest between two equal adversaries, the prosecution and the defense, with judges ensuring a fair fight. But in fact, it is prosecutors who have the upper hand, in a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.73 BAZ

Kilgore, James William

Summary: "We all know that orange is the new black and mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow, but how much do we actually know about the structure, goals, and impact of our criminal justice system? Understanding Mass Incarceration offers the first comprehensive overview of the incarceration apparatus put in place by the world's largest jailer: the United States. Drawing on a growing body of academic...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Press, The 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365 KIL

chat loading...
Back to Top