Race and justice : wrongful convictions of African American men / Marvin D. Free, Jr., Mitch Ruesink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Free, Marvin D.

Contributor:

Ruesink, Mitch.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

United States.

Judicial error--United States.

Judicial error.

African American criminals.

Physical Description:

x, 333 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012.

Summary:

This comprehensive volume on the wrongful conviction of African American men in the American judicial system provides a detailed collection of statistical data and analysis on specific aspects of these miscarriages of justice that are increasingly being brought to light by advanced DNA testing and other modern review processes. The volume covers the data surrounding wrongful conviction generally, profiles prominent cases, and breaks down statistical information by crime, covering murder and attempted murder, sex crimes, drug offenses, and robbery and other crimes. An appendix provides an encyclopedic listing of wrongful conviction cases. Free is a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Ruesink teaches psychology at Waukesha County Technical College, WI. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Wrongful convictions in the United States

Meet the wrongfully convicted

Murder and attempted murder

Rape and sexual assault

Drug offenses

Robbery and other offenses

Reducing wrongful convictions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-328) and index.

ISBN:

9781588268105

1588268101

OCLC:

747008527