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Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America, James Forman, Jr
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- Summary
- Former public defender James Forman, Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of colour. In this book, he seeks to understand the war on crime that began in the 1970s and why it was supported by many African American leaders in the nation's urban centres. Forman shows us that the first substantial cohort of black mayors, judges and police chiefs took office amid a surge in crime and drug addiction. Many prominent black officials, including Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry and federal prosecutor Eric Holder, feared that the gains of the civil rights movement were being undermined by lawlessness - and thus embraced tough-on-crime measures, including longer sentences and aggressive police tactics. In the face of skyrocketing murder rates and the proliferation of open-air drug markets, they believed they had no choice
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017
- Isbn
- 9780349143682
- Label
- Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America
- Title
- Locking up our own
- Title remainder
- crime and punishment in black America
- Statement of responsibility
- James Forman, Jr
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Former public defender James Forman, Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of colour. In this book, he seeks to understand the war on crime that began in the 1970s and why it was supported by many African American leaders in the nation's urban centres. Forman shows us that the first substantial cohort of black mayors, judges and police chiefs took office amid a surge in crime and drug addiction. Many prominent black officials, including Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry and federal prosecutor Eric Holder, feared that the gains of the civil rights movement were being undermined by lawlessness - and thus embraced tough-on-crime measures, including longer sentences and aggressive police tactics. In the face of skyrocketing murder rates and the proliferation of open-air drug markets, they believed they had no choice
- Awards note
- Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Forman, James
- Dewey number
-
- 364.9'73'08996073
- 364.97308996073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Life and death, Power over
- African American judges
- African American politicians
- African American police
- United States
- Social justice
- True Crime
- Label
- Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America, James Forman, Jr
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9780349143682
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780349143682
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- Label
- Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America, James Forman, Jr
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9780349143682
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780349143682
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
Subject
- African American police
- African American politicians
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States
- African American judges
- Social justice -- United States
- True Crime
- United States -- Race relations
- Life and death, Power over
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