The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and there is great racial inequality in the criminal justice system. Race and Policing in Modern America explores how the US criminal justice system perpetuates inequality, from the polices origins as slave patrols to the school-to-prison pipeline. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Dimensions: 178 x 229mm
Publication Date: 01 Jan 2021
Publisher: North Star Editions
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781644945117
About Duchess Harris
Professor Harris is the chair of the American Studies Department at Macalester College. The author and coauthor of four books (Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA and Black Lives Matter with Sue Bradford Edwards Racially Writing the Republic: Racists Race Rebels and Transformations of American Identity with Bruce Baum and Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Clinton/Obama) she has been an associate editor for Litigation News the American Bar Association Sections quarterly flagship publication and was the first editor-in-chief of Law Raza Journal an interactive online race and the law journal for William Mitchell College of Law. She has earned a PhD in American Studies from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctorate from William Mitchell College of Law.