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Race, crime, and punishment / by Jones-Brown, Delores D.(CARDINAL)654444;
Includes bibliographical references (page 116) and index.Examines the relationship between race and crime in the United States and the role that race plays in the American criminal justice system.
Subjects: Crime and race; Discrimination in criminal justice administration;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The female offender : girls, women, and crime / by Chesney-Lind, Meda.(CARDINAL)273439; Pasko, Lisa.(CARDINAL)273440;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-197) and index.Girls' troubles and "female delinquency" -- Girls, gangs, and violence -- The juvenile justice system and girls -- Trends in women's crime -- Drugs, violence, and women's crime / with Karen Joe Laidler -- Sentencing women to prison.
Subjects: Female offenders; Female juvenile delinquents; Discrimination in criminal justice administration;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Black child-savers : racial democracy and juvenile justice / by Ward, Geoff K.(CARDINAL)312761;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: The rise and fall of Jim Crow juvenile justice -- Part I: The origins and organization of Jim Crow juvenile justice -- Citizen delinquent : race, liberal democracy, and the rehabilitative ideal -- No refuge under law : racialized foundations of juvenile justice reform -- Birth of a juvenile court -- The social organization of Jim Crow justice -- Part II: Rewriting the racial contract : the black child-saving movement -- Uplifting black citizens delinquent : the Vanguard movement, 1900-1930 -- Institutionalizing racial justice : the Black surrogate parental state, 1930-1965 -- The early spoils of integration -- Conclusion : the declining significance of inclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index."During the Progressive Era, a rehabilitative agenda took hold of American juvenile justice, materializing as a citizen-and-state-building project and mirroring the unequal racial politics of American democracy itself. Alongside this liberal "manufactory of citizens," a parallel structure was enacted: a Jim Crow juvenile justice system that endured across the nation for most of the twentieth century. In The Black Child-Savers, the first study of the rise and fall of Jim Crow juvenile justice, Geoff Ward examines the origins and organization of this separate and unequal juvenile justice system. Ward explores how generations of "black child-savers" mobilized to challenge the threat to black youth and community interests and how this struggle grew aligned with a wider civil rights movement, eventually forcing the formal integration of American juvenile justice."--From the publisher.
Subjects: Juvenile justice, Administration of; Discrimination in juvenile justice administration; African American children; Juvenile courts;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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My time will come : a memoir of crime, punishment, hope, and redemption / by Manuel, Ian,author.;
"The wrenching, and inspiring, story of a fourteen-year-old sentenced to life in prison, of the extraordinary relationship that developed between him and the woman he shot, and of his release after twenty-six years of imprisonment through the efforts of America's greatest contemporary legal activist, Bryan Stevenson. Here is the story of a poor black kid from the toughest neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, who at age eleven began "jacking" (stealing) cars with his friends. At age thirteen he shot a white woman in the jaw during a botched mugging. For that crime, and because of his earlier record as a juvenile delinquent, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole--essentially a death sentence. Forgotten by society, tortured by prison guards, held in solitary confinement for eighteen years, he was nonetheless able to accomplish a near-miraculous release from the unimaginable hell of the U.S. correctional system. Unable to afford legal help, through his own determination and strategic thinking, some serendipity, and the all-important help of complete strangers, including Bryan Stevenson and, perhaps most extraordinarily, the woman he shot, he was able eventually to gain his freedom. Full of unexpected twists and turns, the narrative is at times harrowing, disturbing, and painful, but, ultimately it is astoundingly evocative of the power of human will"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; African American criminals; African American juvenile delinquents; African American prisoners; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination in juvenile justice administration; Restorative justice;
Available copies: 23 / Total copies: 23
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Citizenship, race, and the law / by Harris, Duchess,author.(CARDINAL)494649; Conley, Kate A.,1977-author.(CARDINAL)703263; Essential Library (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)615337;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1. The dream of citizenship -- chapter 2. Citizenship and whiteness -- chapter 3. Excluding the Chinese -- chapter 4. An increase in immigrants -- chapter 5. Eugenics, laws, and war -- chapter 6. An era of reform -- chapter 7. New challenges -- chapter 8. Dreamers, caravans, and the future.This book takes a look at policies that have hindered people from becoming US citizens and the legal actions people of color have taken to be recognized by the federal government.Ages Grades 6-12980L
Subjects: Citizenship; Discrimination in justice administration; Conflict of laws; Race relations;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption / by Stevenson, Bryan,author.(CARDINAL)553078;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-340) and index.Introduction: Higher ground -- Mockingbird players -- Stand -- Trials and tribulation -- The old rugged cross -- Of the coming of John -- Surely doomed -- Justice denied -- All God's children -- I'm here -- Mitigation -- I'll fly away -- Mother, mother -- Recovery -- Cruel and unusual -- Broken -- The stonecatchers' song of sorrow -- Epilogue.The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, recounts his experiences as a lawyer working to assist those desperately in need, reflecting on his pursuit of the ideal of compassion in American justice.1130L
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Stevenson, Bryan.; Equal Justice Initiative; Social reformers; Lawyers; Criminal justice, Administration of; Discrimination in criminal justice administration;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 4
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Policing and race : the debate over excessive use of force / by Gallagher, Jim,1969-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-69) and index.Introduction: Discriminatory policing -- When police officers use force -- The militarization of police -- Filming the police -- Holding police accountable -- Defunding the police."There is a long and ugly history of violent encounters between law enforcement officers and Americans of color, particularly Black Americans. About 1,000 Americans are killed each year by law-enforcement officers, and numerous studies have found a link between race and police killings"--Ages 14-18
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination in law enforcement; Discrimination in law enforcement; Police brutality; Police brutality; Police-community relations; Police-community relations; Racism; Racism; Racism.;
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The rage of innocence : how America criminalizes Black youth / by Henning, Kristin(Law teacher),author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-464) and index.American Adolescence in Black and White -- Toy Guns, Cell Phones, and Parties: Criminalizing Black Adolescent Play -- Hoodies, Headwraps, and Hip Hop: Criminalizing Black Adolescent Culture -- Raising "Brutes" and "Jezebels": Criminalizing Black Adolescent Sexuality -- Policing Identity: The Politics of Adolescence and Black Identity Development -- Cops in School -- Contempt of Cop -- Policing by Proxy -- Policing as Trauma -- The Dehumanization of Black Youth: When the Children Aren't Children Anymore -- Things Fall Apart: Black Families in an Era of Mass Incarceration -- #BlackBoyJoy and #BlackGirlMagic: Adolescent Resilience and Reform."Drawing upon 25 years of experience representing black youth in Washington D.C.'s juvenile court, Kris Henning confronts America's irrational, manufactured fears of Black youth and makes a powerfully compelling case that the crisis in racist American policing begins with its relationship to Black children. She explains how discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of Black teenagers to fear, resent, and resist the police, and details the long-term consequences of racism and trauma Black youth experience at the hands of police and their vigilante surrogates. She makes clear that unlike white youth who are afforded the freedom to test boundaries, experiment with sex and drugs, and figure out who they are and want to be, Black youth are seen as a threat to white America and are denied healthy adolescent development. She examines the criminalization of Black adolescent play and sexuality, and of Black fashion, hair and music. She limns the effects of police presence in schools, and the depth of policing-induced trauma in Black adolescents. Especially in the wake of the recent unprecedented, worldwide outrage at racial injustice and inequality, The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth is an essential book for our moment"--
Subjects: Discrimination in juvenile justice administration; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; African American youth.; Police-community relations; Racial profiling in law enforcement; Discrimination in law enforcement; Racism; Racism against Black people; Mass incarceration; Racism.;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 15
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Accused : my story of injustice / by Bah, Adama,1988-author.;
Unsheltered -- Taken -- Questioned -- Framed -- Violated -- Bargained -- Changed -- Freed."Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young woman shares her harrowing experience of being wrongly accused of terrorism. Adama Bah grew up in East Harlem after immigrating from Conakry, Guinea, and was deeply connected to her community and the people who lived there. But as a thirteen-year-old after the events of September 11, 2001, she began experiencing discrimination and dehumanization as prejudice toward Muslim people grew. Then, on March 24, 2005, FBI agents arrested Adama and her father. Falsely accused of being a potential suicide bomber, Adama spent weeks in a detention center being questioned under suspicion of terrorism. With sharp and engaging writing, Adama recounts the events surrounding her arrest and its impact on her life-the harassment, humiliation, and persecution she faced for crimes she didn't commit. Accused brings forward a crucial and unparalleled first-person perspective of American culture post-9/11 and the country's discrimination against Muslim Americans, and heralds the start of a new series of compelling narrative nonfiction by young people, for young people"--Ages 9-12710LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Bah, Adama, 1988-; Terrorism; Islamophobia; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; False arrest; Muslim teenagers;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 12
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Mass incarceration, Black men, and the fight for justice / by Lewis, Cicely,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From slavery to prison -- Unfair sentences -- The school-to-prison pipeline -- The call to abolish prisons."The US criminal justice system disproportionately targets Black men, resulting in much higher incarceration rates and impacts that can last a lifetime. Readers learn this system's history and context and ways they can help"--Ages 9-14.Grades 4-6.1080LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: African American prisoners; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Imprisonment; Mass incarceration;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 12
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