Arresting citizenship : the democratic consequences of American crime control / Amy E. Lerman and Vesla M. Weaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lerman, Amy E., 1978- author.

Weaver, Vesla M., 1979- author.

Series:

Chicago studies in American politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

United States.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Physical Description:

xii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.

Summary:

On any given day in America, one in every thirty-one adults is under the supervision of the criminal justice system. One-third of America's adult population has passed through the criminal justice system and now has a criminal record. Many more were never convicted, but are nonetheless subject to surveillance by the state. Never before has the American government maintained so vast a network of institutions dedicated solely to the control and confinement of its citizens. A provocative assessment of the contemporary carceral state, Arresting Citizenship argues that the broad reach of the criminal justice system has fundamentally recast the relation between citizen and state, resulting in a - - of second-class citizens. From police stops to court cases and incarceration, at each stage of the criminal justice system individuals belonging to this disempowered group come to experience a state-within-a-state that reflects few of the country's core democratic values. Through scores of interviews, along with analyses of survey data, Amy E. Lerman and Vesla M. Weaver show how this contact with police, courts, and prisons decreases faith in the capacity of American political institutions to respond to citizens' concerns and diminishes the sense of full and equal - for those who have not been found guilty of any crime. The effects of this increasingly frequent contact with the criminal justice system are wide-- - Lerman and Weaver go on to offer concrete proposals for reforms to reincorporate this large group of citizens as active participants in American civic and political life. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Arresting Citizenship 1

Chapter 2 Thinking about Crime and the Custodial Citizen 30

Chapter 3 Democratic Ideals and Institutional Design 58

Chapter 4 Assessing the Effects of Criminal Justice 92

Chapter 5 "Democracy don't get you a second chance":(Un)Learning Citizenship 110

Chapter 6 "You in their house now":Learning about the State and Control 139

Chapter 7 "We're free, but we're not free": Black Custodia Citizenship and Complex Racial Narratives 157

Chapter 8 "1 better stay below the radar": Fear, Alienation, and Withdrawal 199

Chapter 9 Where We Go from Here 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226137667

022613766X

9780226137834

022613783X

OCLC:

859446840