Deadly Injustice
Subtitle: Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781479873456
Subjects: Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Racial profiling in law enforcement, united states; African americans, social conditions; United states, race relations
Description: "Uses the Trayvon Martin case as a springboard to examine race, crime, and justice in our criminal justice system. Contributors explores how race and racism inform how Americans think about criminality; how crimes are investigated and prosecuted; and how highly publicized criminal cases go on to shape public views about offenders and the criminal process"--