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Privilege and Punishment How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court

Name: Privilege and Punishment
Author: Matthew Clair

Auteur: Matthew Clair

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Matthew Clair

Engels
Hardcover
9780691194332
17 november 2020
320 pagina's

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How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal court-and denies justice to the poor and to working-class people of colorThe number of Americans arrested, brought to court, and incarcerated has skyrocketed in recent decades. Criminal defendants come from all races and economic walks of life, but they experience punishment

How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal court—and denies justice to the poor and to working-class people of color

The number of Americans arrested, brought to court, and incarcerated has skyrocketed in recent decades. Criminal defendants come from all races and economic walks of life, but they experience punishment in vastly different ways. Privilege and Punishment examines how racial and class inequalities are embedded in the attorney-client relationship, providing a devastating portrait of inequality and injustice within and beyond the criminal courts.

Matthew Clair conducted extensive fieldwork in the Boston court system, attending criminal hearings and interviewing defendants, lawyers, judges, police officers, and probation officers. In this eye-opening book, he uncovers how privilege and inequality play out in criminal court interactions. When disadvantaged defendants try to learn their legal rights and advocate for themselves, lawyers and judges often silence, coerce, and punish them. Privileged defendants, who are more likely to trust their defense attorneys, delegate authority to their lawyers, defer to judges, and are rewarded for their compliance. Clair shows how attempts to exercise legal rights often backfire on the poor and on working-class people of color, and how effective legal representation alone is no guarantee of justice.

Superbly written and powerfully argued, Privilege and Punishment draws needed attention to the injustices that are perpetuated by the attorney-client relationship in today’s criminal courts, and describes the reforms needed to correct them.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 17 november 2020
Aantal pagina's: 320
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Hoofdauteur: Matthew Clair
Hoofduitgeverij: Princeton University Press

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Product breedte: 156 mm
Product lengte: 235 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 156 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 235 mm
Verpakking lengte: 235 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 135 g

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Rechten

Misdaad & Criminaliteit

Sociale & Ethische kwesties

Sociale groepen

Sociologie

Strafrecht & Strafprocesrecht

Discriminatie

Sociale klassen

Strafrechtelijke wetgeving

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Taal: Engels
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
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