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Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America, James Forman Jr

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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
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
306 pages
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
Isbn
9780374189976
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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
Creator
Author
Subject
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"--
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1967-
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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
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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
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-286) and index
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volume
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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
Label
Locking up our own : crime and punishment in black America, James Forman Jr
Publication
Copyright
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

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