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Author:
Hines, Debbie, author.
Title:
Get off my neck : Black lives, white justice, and a former prosecutor's quest for reform / Debbie Hines.
Publisher:
The MIT Press
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
226 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
Crime and race--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part I: white justice: the history -- Justice and Black reality -- The prosecutor and the police -- Part II: Black lives: degradation by design -- The template and the truth -- Juveniles, juries, and justice -- Probation: wash, rinse, and repeat -- Part III: prosecutorial reform in action -- Power of the prosecutor -- Power of the people -- Power of white allies -- Power of alliances.
Summary:
"An examination of the historical and present racial inequities of the prosecutorial system and a blueprint for transforming the system to one of fairness and justice"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0262048914
9780262048910
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1391214113
LCCN:
2023028010
Locations:
DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

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