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Author Bright, Stephen B., 1948- author.

Title The fear of too much justice : race, poverty, and the persistence of inequality in the criminal courts / Stephen B. Bright and James Kwak.

Publication Info. New York : The New Press, [2023]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3066442~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  345.7305 BRI    AVAILABLE
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Description xvi, 347 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-331) and index.
Contents The myth of the adversary system -- The all-powerful prosecutor -- A poor person's justice -- Judges and the politics of crime -- The whitewashed jury -- Courts of profit -- The madness of measuring mental disorders -- An excess of punishment -- More justice, less crime.
Summary "A legendary lawyer and a legal scholar reveal the structural failures that undermine justice in our criminal courts. The Fear of Too Much Justice offers a timely, trenchant, firsthand critique of our criminal courts and points the way toward a more just future"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Added Author Kwak, James, author.
ISBN 9781620970256 (hardcover)
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