Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America / James Forman Jr.
Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America / James Forman Jr.
Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America / James Forman Jr.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2017/6231
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Part I. Origins. Gateway to the war on drugs : marijuana, 1975 -- Black lives matter : gun control, 1975 -- Representatives of their race : the rise of African American police, 1948-78 -- Part II. Consequences. "Locking up thugs is not vindictive" : sentencing, 1981-82 -- "The worst...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Recounts the tragic role that some African Americans--as judges, prosecutors, politicians, police officers, and voters--played in escalating the war on crime"-- Provided by publisher....
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Full title
Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America / James Forman Jr.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-286) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2017
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Call Numbers
G 2017/6231
Record Identifier
74VKVG6ZVEPd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVG6ZVEPd
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ISBN
9780374189976 (hardback)
0374189978 (hardback)
DDC
364.97308996073
MMS ID
991024151109502626
