The political roots of racial tracking in American criminal justice /

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Author / Creator:Moore, Nina M., 1966- author.
Imprint:New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Description:xxiii, 379 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10130620
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ISBN:9781107022973
1107022975
9781107654884
1107654882
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Racial tracking: two law enforcement modes
  • Policy process theory of racial tracking: an overview
  • A colorblind problem: U.S. Supreme Court and racial influences in law enforcement
  • Opportunities for change: the racial justice agenda in Congress
  • Congress as power player: racial justice vs. "law and order"
  • The politics principle and the party play book
  • Public mind-set: what Americans believe about race, crime, and criminal justice disparities
  • Reasons to believe: options concerning race, crime and justice.