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Description

1. 218 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. David Cole conclusively shows that, despite a veneer of neutrality, race- and class-based double standards operate in virtually every criminal justice setting, from police behavior, to jury selection, to sentencing.
2. Cole, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and a leading thinker on constitutional law, argues that our system depends on these double standards to operate; such disparities allow the privileged to enjoy constitutional protections from police power without paying the costs associated with extending those protections across the board to minorities and the poor.
3. Each chapter includes specific suggestions for moving beyond the double standards we have tolerated, and the book concludes with a powerful argument for rebuilding the sense of community that is so essential to a safe and healthy society.
4. "David Cole conclusively shows that, despite a veneer of neutrality, race- and class-based double standards operate in virtually every criminal justice setting, from police behavior, to jury selection, to sentencing. Cole, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and a leading thinker on constitutional law, argues that our system depends on these double standards to operate; such disparities allow the privileged to enjoy constitutional protections from police power without paying the costs associated with extending those protections across the board to minorities and the poor." "Each chapter includes specific suggestions for moving beyond the double standards we have tolerated, and the book concludes with a powerful argument for rebuilding the sense of community that is so essential to a safe and healthy society."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative title

1. Race and class in the American criminal justice system

Subject

1. Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States
2. Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
3. Race discrimination > United States
4. Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis
5. Discrimination dans l'application des lois > États-Unis
6. Discrimination raciale > États-Unis
7. Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis
8. États-Unis > justice pénale

Contents

1. Policing race and class -- A muted trumpet -- Judgment and discrimination -- The color of punishment -- See no evil, hear no evil -- The cost of inequality -- Remedies.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Awards (note)

1. American Political Science Association Gladys M. Kammerer Award, 2000.