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2010007238 |
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9780521119252 |
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0521119251 (hbk.) |
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9780521134750 (pbk.) |
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0521134757 (pbk.) |
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| Call number |
345.73/05 |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Peffley, Mark. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Justice in America : |
| Subtitle |
the separate realities of blacks and whites / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Mark Peffley, Jon Hurwitz. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Cambridge ; |
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New York : |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Date |
2010. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 259 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill. ; |
| Size |
24 cm. |
| SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes referenecs and index. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Racial bias in the justice system : reality and perception -- The role of fairness -- The consequences of fairness : polarized reactions to police brutality and racial profiling -- The consequences of fairness : support for punitive crime policies -- Conclusions. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
"As reactions to the O. J. Simpson verdict, the Rodney King beating, and the Amadou Diallo killing make clear, whites and African Americans in the United States inhabit two different perceptual worlds, with the former seeing the justice system as largely fair and color blind and the latter believing it to be replete with bias and discrimination. Drawing on data from a nation-wide survey of both races, the authors tackle two important questions in this book: what explains the widely differing perceptions, and why do such differences matter? They attribute much of the racial chasm to the relatively common personal confrontations that many blacks have with law enforcement ,♯︡ confrontations seldom experienced by whites. And more importantly, the authors demonstrate that this racial chasm is consequential: it leads African Americans to react much more cynically to incidents of police brutality and racial profiling, and also to be far more skeptical of punitive anti-crime policies ranging from the death penalty to three-strikes laws"-- |
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| Topical Heading |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration |
| Form |
United States |
| General |
Public opinion. |
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| Topical Heading |
Discrimination in law enforcement |
| Form |
United States. |
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| Name |
Hurwitz, Jon. |
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| Series Uniform Title |
Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/pdvj1347ywov51q0fj2akspwrm2nub98 |
| Public note |
Location Map |
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