Deadly Injustice : : Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System /

Deadly Injustice : : Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System / / ed. by Devon Johnson, Amy Farrell, Patricia Y. Warren.

The murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his assailant, George Zimmerman, sparked a passionate national debate about race and criminal justice in America that involved everyone from bloggers to mayoral candidates to President Obama himself. With increas...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
TeilnehmendeR:
Bobo, Lawrence D.
MitwirkendeR:
Bobo, Lawrence D.,
Drakulich, Kevin M.,
Farrell, Amy,
Fradella, Henry F.,
Gau, Jacinta M.,
Gioviano, Jason,
Givelber, Daniel,
Harris, David A.,
Johnson, Devon,
Jones, Chenelle A.,
Jones-Brown, Delores,
Jordan, Kareem L.,
Like, Toya,
Ortiz, Mia,
Peterson, Ruth D.,
Piquero, Alex R.,
Pittman, Nicolas,
Porter, Savannah,
Provine, Doris Marie,
Rios, Victor M.,
Rosario, Jordyn L.,
Russell-Brown, Katheryn,
Sexton, Lori,
Siller, Laura,
Sykes, Bryan L.,
Unah, Isaac,
Warren, Patricia Y.,
Washington, Heather M.,
Wright, Valerie,
HerausgeberIn:
Farrell, Amy,
Johnson, Devon,
Warren, Patricia Y.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law ; 14
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword: The Racial Double Homicide of Trayvon Martin
  • Introduction: Race, Criminal Justice, and the Death of Trayvon Martin
  • Part I. Who Is in Danger?
  • 1. Profiling Trayvon
  • 2. Presumed Danger
  • 3. Policed, Punished, Dehumanized
  • 4. Threat, Danger, and Vulnerability
  • Part II. Where Do You Stand?
  • 5. Go Ahead and Shoot — The Law Might Have Your Back
  • 6. The Dangers of Racialized Perceptions and Thinking by Law Enforcement
  • 7. The Acquittal of George Zimmerman
  • 8. Up to No Good
  • Part III. Which Voices Count?
  • 9. From Simpson to Zimmerman
  • 10. Divided by Race
  • 11. The Zimmerman Verdict
  • 12. Read between the Lines
  • Afterword
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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