Blind Goddess

A Reader on Race and Justice

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvAlexander Papachristou,Patricia J. Williams,Patricia J Williams,Alexander Papachristou

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The most significant writings of practitioners, professors and advocates to make sense of what is perhaps America's most astonishing and shameful achievement: the highest per capita incarceration of its citizens anywhere in the world, compounded by the shockingly disproportionate imprisonment of poor ethnic minorities. Although there is growing awareness of the huge fiscal cost of mass incarceration, the moral, human and social devastation of racially skewed law enforcement remains largely unrecognised.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-12-08
Mått154 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt541 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor368
FörlagThe New Press
ISBN9781595586995

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Alexander Papachristou began his legal career representing prisoners and went on to practice corporate law both domestically and internationally. He now leads and advises social justice organizations focusing on human rights, education reform, and socioeconomic development.Patricia J. Williams is the James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia University and writes the monthly column Diary of a Mad Law Professor” for The Nation. The author of four books, she is a recipient of the MacArthur foundation genius” grant. They both live in New York City.