The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-21092-9 (ISBN)
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The Rich Get Richer shows readers that much that goes on in the criminal justice system violates citizens’ sense of basic fairness. It presents extensive evidence from mainstream data that the criminal justice system does not function in the way it says it does nor in the way that readers believe it should. The authors develop a theoretical perspective from which readers might understand these failures and evaluate them morally—and they to do it in a short and relatively inexpensive text written in plain language.
New to this edition:
Presents recent data comparing the harms due to criminal activity with the harms of dangerous—but not criminal—corporate actions
Presents new data on recent crime rate declines, which are paired with data on how public safety is not prioritized by the U.S. government
Updates statistics on crime, victimization, wealth and discrimination, plus coverage of the increasing role of criminal justice fines and fees in generating revenue for government
Updates on the costs to society of white-collar crime
Updates and deepened analysis of why fundamental reforms are not undertaken
Streamlined and condensed prose for greater clarity
Jeffrey Reiman is the William Fraser McDowell Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at American University in Washington, D.C. In addition to The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, Dr. Reiman is the author of In Defense of Political Philosophy (1972), Justice and Modern Moral Philosophy (1990), Critical Moral Liberalism: Theory and Practice (1997), The Death Penalty: For and Against (with Louis P. Pojman, 1998), Abortion and the Ways We Value Human Life (1999), As Free and as Just as Possible (2012), and more than 60 articles in philosophy and criminal justice journals and anthologies. Paul Leighton is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. In addition to The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, Dr. Leighton is the co-author of Punishment for Sale (with Donna Selman, 2010) and Class, Race, Gender and Crime (with Gregg Barak and Allison Cotton, 4th edition, 2013). He is also co-editor, with Jeffrey Reiman, of the anthology Criminal Justice Ethics (2001). In addition to his publications, Dr. Leighton is webmaster for PaulsJusticePage.com and PaulsJusticeBlog.com.
Introduction: Criminal Justice through the Looking Glass,
or Winning by Losing
Chapter 1 Crime Control in America: Nothing Succeeds Like Failure
Chapter 2 A Crime by Any Other Name . . .
Chapter 3 . . . And the Poor Get Prison
Chapter 4 To the Vanquished Belong the Spoils: Who Is
Winning the Losing War against Crime?
Conclusion: Criminal Justice or Criminal Justice
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.01.2017 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 1 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 522 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-21092-7 / 1138210927 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-21092-9 / 9781138210929 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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