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1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 45 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Perry Daniels. |
| Summary |
Presumed Guilty reveals how the Supreme Court allows the perpetuation of racist policing by presuming that suspects, especially people of color, are guilty. Presumed Guilty, is a "smoking gun" of civil rights research, a troubling history that reveals how the Supreme Court enabled racist policing and sanctioned law enforcement excesses. The fact that police are nine times more likely to kill Black men than other Americans is no accident; it is the result of an elaborate body of doctrines that allow the police and courts to presume that suspects are guilty before being charged. Demonstrating how the prodefendant Warren Court was a brief historical aberration, Erwin Chemerinsky shows how this more liberal era ended with Nixon's presidency and the ascendance of conservative justices, whose rulings have permitted stops and frisks, limited suits to reform police departments, and even abetted the use of chokeholds. Presumed Guilty concludes that an approach to policing that continues to exalt "Dirty Harry" can be transformed only by a robust court system committed to civil rights. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Police misconduct -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Police brutality -- United States -- Prevention.
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Police power -- United States.
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Tort liability of police -- United States.
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United States. Supreme Court.
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Discrimination in justice administration -- United States.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Civil rights -- United States.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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| Added Author |
Daniels, Perry, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781696606554 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1696606551 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14278676 |
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