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Author Van Cleve, Nicole Gonzalez, author

Title Crook County : racism and injustice in America's largest criminal court / Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]

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Contents Introduction : opening the courthouse doors -- Separate and unequal justice -- Of monsters and mopes : racial and criminal "immorality" -- Race in everyday legal practices -- There are no racists here : prosecutors in the criminal courts -- Rethinking Gideon's army : defense attorneys in the criminal courts -- Conclusion : racialized punishment in the courts : a call to action
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 13, 2016)
Subject Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Illinois -- Cook County
Racism -- Illinois -- Cook County
Criminal courts -- Illinois -- Cook County
Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Illinois -- Cook County
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Criminal courts
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Racism
Illinois -- Cook County
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016004894
ISBN 9780804799201
0804799202