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Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Newark Municipal Court's former chief judge discusses how her reforms transformed her courtroom into a place of problem-solving and a resource for healing, showing how we can transform courtrooms, neighborhoods and our nation to support the vulnerable and heal community rifts.
43) Crime and punishment in America: an encyclopedia of trends and controversies in the justice system
Publisher
ABC-CLIO, An imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xxxiii, 743 pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"This two-volume set is intended to help readers better understand the scope and extent of crime in the United States, what types of crime occur most frequently, who is most often victimized and who perpetrates the offenses, the effects of crime on individuals and communities, and how best to respond to various offenses. Further, the entries in this volume help separate myths from realities as they uncover the origins and effectiveness of various...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
At the age of nine, Issac J. Bailey saw his hero, his eldest brother, taken away in handcuffs, not to return from prison for thirty-two years. Bailey tells the story of their relationship and of his experience living in a family suffering from guilt and shame. Drawing on sociological research as well as his expertise as a journalist, he seeks to answer the crucial question of why Moochie and many other young black men--including half of the ten boys...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Recounts the tragic role that some African Americans--as judges, prosecutors, politicians, police officers, and voters--played in escalating the war on crime"--
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 274 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the rise of the Internet and the 24-hour news cycle to the television ratings bonanza of the O.J. Simpson trial, a perfect storm of media coverage has given the public an unprecedented look inside the courtroom, kicking off popular courtroom shows and TV legal commentary that further illuminate how the criminal justice system operates. Or has it? In Mistrial, Mark Geragos and Pat Harris debunk the myths of judges as Solomon-like figures, jurors...
Author
Publisher
American Bar Association
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
vii, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A memoir by renowned trial lawyer M. Gerald Schwartzbach, who is perhaps best known for successfully defending actor Robert Blake against charges he had murdered his wife. Each chapter details a different trial in the author's illustrious career that run the gamut from murder to malpractice, sexual assault to domestic abuse, from protecting the right of dissent to advocating expanded rights for defendants. Schwartzbach stands at the intersection of...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a leader of the Black Lives Matter movement, Shaun King has become one of the most recognizable and powerful voices on the front lines of civil rights in our time. His commitment to reforming the justice system and making America a more equitable place has brought challenges and triumphs, soaring victories and crushing defeats. Throughout his wide-ranging activism, King's commentary remains rooted in both exhaustive research and abundant passion....
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but he's had a long, varied career in the law and justice system. He knows better than most just what a force for good the US justice system can be, and how far afield it has strayed during the Trump Presidency. In his much-anticipated follow-up to A Higher Loyalty, Comey uses anecdotes and lessons from his career to show how the federal justice system works. From...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Hayes, host of MSNBC?s All In with Chris Hayes, has written a laser-focused, necessary book about U.S. race relations, primarily the black experience, and law and order as they are experienced across the country. Hayes?s main assertion is that the criminal justice system creates two separate Americas with borders drawn along racial lines?the ?nation, ? or white America, with methods of policing characteristic of a democracy that respects the basic...
59) Why the innocent plead guilty and the guilty go free: and other paradoxes of our broken legal system
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
193 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A senior federal judge's incisive, unsettling exploration of some of the paradoxes that the define the judiciary today: among them, why innocent people plead guilty, why high-level executives aren't prosecuted, why you won't get your day in court, and why the judiciary is curtailing its own constitutionally mandated power"--
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