Race, crime, and the law /

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Author / Creator:Kennedy, Randall, 1954-
Imprint:New York : Pantheon Books, 1997.
Description:xiv, 538 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2712155
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ISBN:0679438815
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-513) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Race Question in Criminal Law: Changing the Politics of the Conflict
  • 2. History: Unequal Protection
  • 3. History: Unequal Enforcement
  • 4. Race, Law, and Suspicion: Using Color as a Proxy for Dangerousness
  • 5. Race and the Composition of Juries: Setting the Ground Rules
  • 6. Race and the Composition of Juries: The Peremptory Challenge
  • 7. Race and Composition of Juries: From Antidiscrimination to Imposing Diversity
  • 8. Playing the Race Card in a Criminal Trial
  • 9. Race, Law, and Punishment: The Death Penalty
  • 10. Race, Law, and Punishment: The War on Drugs.