Van Cleve, Nicole Gonzalez,

Crook County : racism and injustice in America's largest criminal court / Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references 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 0804799202

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.
LAW--Criminal Law--General.
Criminal courts.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.
Racism.


Illinois--Cook County.


Electronic books.

KFI1799.C62 / C728 2016

345.773/010890097731