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Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America, James Forman Jr
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- Summary
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- "An original and consequential argument about race, crime, and the law today, Americans are debating our criminal justice system with new urgency. Mass incarceration and aggressive police tactics--and their impact on people of color--are feeding outrage and a consensus that something must be done. But what if we only know half the story? In Locking Up Our Own, the Yale legal scholar and former public defender James Forman Jr. weighs the tragic role that some African Americans themselves played in escalating the war on crime. As Forman shows, the first substantial cohort of black mayors, judges, and police chiefs took office around the country amid a surge in crime. Many came to believe that tough measures--such as stringent drug and gun laws and "pretext traffic stops" in poor African American neighborhoods--were needed to secure a stable future for black communities. Some politicians and activists saw criminals as a "cancer" that had to be cut away from the rest of black America. Others supported harsh measures more reluctantly, believing they had no other choice in the face of a public safety emergency. Drawing on his experience as a public defender and focusing on Washington, D.C., Forman writes with compassion for individuals trapped in terrible dilemmas--from the young men and women he defended to officials struggling to cope with an impossible situation. The result is an original view of our justice system as well as a moving portrait of the human beings caught in its coils."--
- "Recounts the tragic role that some African Americans--as judges, prosecutors, politicians, police officers, and voters--played in escalating the war on crime"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Part I. Origins. Gateway to the war on drugs : marijuana, 1975
- Black lives matter : gun control, 1975
- Representatives of their race : the rise of African American police, 1948-78
- Part II. Consequences. "Locking up thugs is not vindictive" : sentencing, 1981-82
- "The worst thing to hit us since slavery" : crack and the advent of warrior policing, 1988-92
- What would Martin Luther King, Jr., say? : stop and search, 1995
- Epilogue : the reach of our mercy, 2014-16
- Isbn
- 9780374189976
- Label
- Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America
- Title
- Locking up our own
- Title remainder
- crime and punishment in black America
- Statement of responsibility
- James Forman Jr
- Subject
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- African American police
- African American police
- African American politicians
- African American politicians
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States
- Life and death, Power over
- Life and death, Power over
- African American judges
- Race relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Social justice
- Social justice -- United States
- Social science -- Criminology
- Social science -- Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- United States
- United States -- Race relations
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement
- African American judges
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "An original and consequential argument about race, crime, and the law today, Americans are debating our criminal justice system with new urgency. Mass incarceration and aggressive police tactics--and their impact on people of color--are feeding outrage and a consensus that something must be done. But what if we only know half the story? In Locking Up Our Own, the Yale legal scholar and former public defender James Forman Jr. weighs the tragic role that some African Americans themselves played in escalating the war on crime. As Forman shows, the first substantial cohort of black mayors, judges, and police chiefs took office around the country amid a surge in crime. Many came to believe that tough measures--such as stringent drug and gun laws and "pretext traffic stops" in poor African American neighborhoods--were needed to secure a stable future for black communities. Some politicians and activists saw criminals as a "cancer" that had to be cut away from the rest of black America. Others supported harsh measures more reluctantly, believing they had no other choice in the face of a public safety emergency. Drawing on his experience as a public defender and focusing on Washington, D.C., Forman writes with compassion for individuals trapped in terrible dilemmas--from the young men and women he defended to officials struggling to cope with an impossible situation. The result is an original view of our justice system as well as a moving portrait of the human beings caught in its coils."--
- "Recounts the tragic role that some African Americans--as judges, prosecutors, politicians, police officers, and voters--played in escalating the war on crime"--
- Assigning source
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- Provided by publisher
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Forman, James
- Dewey number
- 364.973089/96073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV9950
- LC item number
- .F655 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Life and death, Power over
- African American judges
- African American politicians
- African American police
- United States
- Social justice
- African American police
- Social science
- Social science
- African American judges
- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement
- African American judges
- African American police
- African American politicians
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Life and death, Power over
- Race relations
- Social justice
- United States
- Label
- Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America, James Forman Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-286) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part I. Origins. Gateway to the war on drugs : marijuana, 1975 -- Black lives matter : gun control, 1975 -- Representatives of their race : the rise of African American police, 1948-78 -- Part II. Consequences. "Locking up thugs is not vindictive" : sentencing, 1981-82 -- "The worst thing to hit us since slavery" : crack and the advent of warrior policing, 1988-92 -- What would Martin Luther King, Jr., say? : stop and search, 1995 -- Epilogue : the reach of our mercy, 2014-16
- Control code
- ocn959667302
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374189976
- Lccn
- 2016041345
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780374189976
- (OCoLC)959667302
- Label
- Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America, James Forman Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-286) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part I. Origins. Gateway to the war on drugs : marijuana, 1975 -- Black lives matter : gun control, 1975 -- Representatives of their race : the rise of African American police, 1948-78 -- Part II. Consequences. "Locking up thugs is not vindictive" : sentencing, 1981-82 -- "The worst thing to hit us since slavery" : crack and the advent of warrior policing, 1988-92 -- What would Martin Luther King, Jr., say? : stop and search, 1995 -- Epilogue : the reach of our mercy, 2014-16
- Control code
- ocn959667302
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374189976
- Lccn
- 2016041345
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374189976
- (OCoLC)959667302
Subject
- African American police
- African American police
- African American politicians
- African American politicians
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States
- Life and death, Power over
- Life and death, Power over
- African American judges
- Race relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Social justice
- Social justice -- United States
- Social science -- Criminology
- Social science -- Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- United States
- United States -- Race relations
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement
- African American judges
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