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03113aam a2200481 i 4500 001 4B0DF3DE9A4F11EE9D2109AF26ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231214010155 008 221212t20232023nyu e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022059675 020 $a 1620970252 020 $a 9781620970256 035 $a (OCoLC)1382262639 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d WLU $d YDX $d GK5 $d OCLCF $d TOH $d UKMGB $d GWL $d HHO $d CLU $d CQC $d ILC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF9223 $b .B75 2023 082 00 $a 345.73/05 $2 23/eng/20230518 100 1 $a Bright, Stephen B., $d 1948- $e author. 245 14 $a The fear of too much justice : $b race, poverty, and the persistence of inequality in the criminal courts / $c Stephen B. Bright and James Kwak. 264 1 $a New York : $b The New Press, $c 2023. 300 $a xvi, 347 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-331) and index. 505 0 $a Foreword / by Bryan Stevenson -- 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. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a Bright and Kwak expose the structural failures that undermine justice in our criminal courts. They offer a timely, trenchant, firsthand critique of our criminal court system, particularly in the American South, when it comes to poor people and people of color accused of crime. Counter-examples highlight court systems around the country that are making progress toward just, and point the way toward a more just future. -- adapted from jacket 650 0 $a Discrimination in criminal justice administration $z United States. 650 0 $a Criminal justice, Administration of $z United States. 650 0 $a Public prosecutors $z United States. 650 0 $a Racism in criminal justice administration $z United States. 650 7 $a LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Criminal justice, Administration of. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00883246 650 7 $a Discrimination in criminal justice administration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00895034 650 7 $a Public prosecutors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01082827 650 7 $a Racism in criminal justice administration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst02025479 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 700 1 $a Kwak, James, $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bright, Stephen B., 1948- $t Fear of too much justice. $d New York ; London : The New Press, 2023 $z 9781620978047 $w (OCoLC)1376192864 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240717013508.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214032827.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4B0DF3DE9A4F11EE9D2109AF26ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b IOWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search