Crook County

Auteur

Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve is an Assistant Professor at Temple University in the Department of Criminal Justice, with courtesy appointments in the Department of Sociology and the Beasley School of Law. She is a recipient of the 2014-2015 Ford Foundation Fellowship, an affiliated scholar with the American Bar Foundation, and a former Research Director for Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice. She has provided legal commentary on the criminal justice system for MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, NBC News, CNN, and The New York Times.

Contenu

Introduction: Opening the Courthouse Doors

1. Separate and Unequal Justice
2. Of Monsters and Mopes: Racial and Criminal "Immorality"
3. Race in Everyday Legal Practices
4. There Are No Racists Here: Prosecutors in the Criminal Courts
5. Rethinking Gideon's Army: Defense Attorneys in the Criminal Courts
   Conclusion: Racialized Punishment in the Courts: A Call to Action