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100 1 _aKennedy, Randall,
_d1954-
245 1 0 _aRace, crime, and the law /
_h[electronic resource]
_cRandall Kennedy.
250 _alst ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bPantheon Books,
_cc1997.
300 _axiv, 538 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 474-513) and index.
505 0 _a1. 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 the 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.
520 _aThe author, a Harvard law professor, discusses the "failure of the justice system to protect blacks from criminals, ... the wisdom and legality of using racial criteria in jury selection, ... the responses of the legal system to accusations that appeals to racial prejudice have rendered trials unfairs, ... and allegations that blacks are victimized on a widespread basis by racially discriminatory prosecutions and punishments."--Jacket.
650 0 _aDiscrimination in criminal justice administration
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xCivil rights.
650 0 _aAfrican American criminals.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aKennedy, Randall, 1954-
_tRace, crime, and the law.
_blst ed.
_dNew York : Pantheon Books, c1997
_w(OCoLC)621847905
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random049/96046534.html
856 4 1 _uhttp://www.archive.org/details/racecrimelaw00kenn
_zFree eBook from the Internet Archive
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1006701M
_zAdditional information and access via Open Library
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