Blind Goddess A Reader on Race and Justice

Name: Blind Goddess A Reader on Race and Justice
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ISBN: 9781595586995

ISBN-10: 1595586997

ISBN-13: 9781595586995

Edition: 2011

Authors: Alexander Papachristou, Patricia J. Williams

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 11/8/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.27" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Alexander Papachristoubegan his legal career representing prisoners and went on to practice corporate law both domestically and internationally. Currently he leads and advises social justice organizations focusing on human rights, education reform and socio-economic development.

Patricia J. Williams is James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.



Foreword



Preface




Setting the Stage: is Justice Really so Black and White?



The New Jim Crow




Race, Incarceration, and American Values




Class, Race & Hyperincarceration in Revanchist America




Policing: Where are the Cops when you need them?



Profiling Unmasked: From Criminal Profiling to Racial Profiling




Stop-Question-Frisk Analyses



The Shame of New York City




The War on Drugs: Who is the Real Enemy?



The War on Drugs and the African American Community




Decades of Disparity: Drug Arrests and Race in the United States



Lawyering: Whom are the Lawyers Really Representing?



Should Good People Be Prosecutors?




"What's a Defense?"




The Jury: Who are your Peers and Who are mine?



Judgment and Discrimination




Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy



Sentencing: Does Time Come in Different Colors?



No Exit: The Expanding Use of Life Sentences in America




New Political and Cultural Meanings




Prison: What are the Walls Hiding?



Texas Tough




Prisoners of the Census in New York: Democracy on the March!




Collateral Consequences: Could it Get Anyworse?



Incarceration and Social Inequality




Death by a Thousand Little Cuts: Studies of the Impact of Incarceration




Solutions: Can anything be done about this?



Doing Less Harm




The Fire This Time




From Racial Profiling to Racial Literacy



Notes


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