Search and Destroy: African-American Males in the Criminal Justice SystemCambridge University Press, 1996 - 304 pages The war on drugs, begun in the Reagan Administration and presently continuing unabated, has resulted in an explosion in the American prison population. Whether a desired effect of the war or not, this increase has been accounted for by a severely disproportionate number of African American males. Jerome Miller demonstrates in Search and Destroy that an African American male between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five has an inordinate likelihood of encountering the criminal justice system at some point during those years. In a wide-ranging survey of blacks and the justice system, Miller notes the presence of bias among police officers, probation officers, courts, and even social scientists whose data form the basis for many policies and social workers whose responsibility is allegedly to members of the underclass. |
Table des matières
Failure to Appear Arrest Warrants page II | 11 |
Bookings by Charge JulyAugustSeptember 1991 | 17 |
Race of Admissions to State and Federal Prisons | 55 |
Black Observed Imprisonment 1982 and Black | 63 |
Prison Incarceration Rates per 100000 Adults | 84 |
Public Opinion about Drugs 19851994 | 157 |
New York Senate Prison Data by District | 230 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Search and Destroy: African-American Males in the Criminal Justice System Jerome G. Miller Aucun aperçu disponible - 1996 |
Search and Destroy: African-American Males in the Criminal Justice System Jerome G. Miller Aucun aperçu disponible - 1996 |
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