Punishing race : a continuing American dilemma /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tonry, Michael H.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 204 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in crime and public policy Studies in crime and public policy.
Subject:	Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States. Crime and race -- United States. Crime and race. Criminal justice, Administration of. Discrimination in criminal justice administration. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11139596

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9780199974184 0199974187 9780199751372 0199751374 9780199926466
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Tonry, Michael H. Punishing race. New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780199751372

Similar Items