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Invisible men : mass incarceration and the myth of black progress / Becky Pettit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pettit, Becky, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American prisoners.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (156 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For African American men without a high school diploma, being in prison or jail is more common than being employed--a sobering reality that calls into question post-Civil Rights era social gains.
- Contents:
- Invisible men
- Enumerating inequality
- Under surveillance
- Illusions of progress
- Democracy in the age of mass incarceration
- Other casualties of mass incarceration
- Establishing justice.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-778-6
- OCLC:
- 861792990
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