Social Inequality, Criminal Justice, and Race in Tennessee - 19602014

This book examines the national criminal justice system's and the state of Tennessee criminal justice system's policies in terms of how they balance the citizens' need for prisons with the private sector's desire for profits and the policies' effects on the incarceration rate of African American males in the state of Tennessee.

List of contents

1. The Criminal Justice System as Social Policy
2. Historical Context of African American Inequality in Tennessee
3. Competing Perspectives on Social Inequality, Criminal Justice, and Race in the United States
4. African American Disenfranchisement in Tennessee
5. Profit-Seeking Motives and Racist Policy in Tennessee
6. Summary, Conclusions, and Policy Recommendations

About the author

Gerald K. Fosten is research associate at the African Institution in Washington, DC.

Summary

This book examines the national criminal justice system’s and the state of Tennessee criminal justice system’s policies in terms of how they balance the citizens’ need for prisons with the private sector's desire for profits and the policies’ effects on the incarceration rate of African American males in the state of Tennessee.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald K Fosten, Gerald K. Fosten
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781498559201
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5920-1
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Ethnic Studies, Tennessee, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Judicial Branch, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social discrimination & inequality, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Central / national / federal government, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Police and security services, Social discrimination and social justice, Relating to African American / Black American people