Van Cleve, Nicole Gonzalez,

Crook County : racism and injustice in America's largest criminal court / Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : opening the courthouse doors -- Separate and unequal justice -- Of monsters and mopes : racial and criminal "immorality" -- Race in everyday legal practices -- There are no racists here : prosecutors in the criminal courts -- Rethinking Gideon's army : defense attorneys in the criminal courts -- Conclusion : racialized punishment in the courts : a call to action.



9780804799201

2016004894


Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Illinois--Cook County.
Racism--Illinois--Cook County.
Criminal courts--Illinois--Cook County.
Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.--Illinois--Cook County.


Electronic Books.

KFI1799 / .C766 2016