Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court - Couverture rigide

Clair, Matthew

 
9780691194332: Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court
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ISBN 10 : 0691194335 ISBN 13 : 9780691194332
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2020

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

Matthew Clair is assistant professor of sociology at Stanford University, where he holds a courtesy appointment at Stanford Law School. He lives in Palo Alto, California. Twitter @mathuclair

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691194335
ISBN 13 
9780691194332
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  069123387X ISBN 13 :  9780691233871
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2022
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