{"product_id":"crook-county-racism-and-injustice-in-americas-largest-criminal-court-paperback","title":"Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicole Gonzalez Van Cleve\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinalist for the C. Wright Mills Book Award, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2017 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association's Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2017 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, sponsored by the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Culture Section.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHonorable Mention in the 2017 Book Award from the American Sociological Association's Section on Race, Class, and Gender.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNAACP Image Award Nominee for an Outstanding Literary Work from a debut author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2017 Prose Award for Excellence in Social Sciences and the 2017 Prose Category Award for Law and Legal Studies, sponsored by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSilver Medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards (Current Events\/Social Issues category).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmericans are slowly waking up to the dire effects of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods and communities of color. The criminal courts are the crucial gateway between police action on the street and the processing of primarily black and Latino defendants into jails and prisons. And yet the courts, often portrayed as sacred, impartial institutions, have remained shrouded in secrecy, with the majority of Americans kept in the dark about how they function internally. \u003ci\u003eCrook County\u003c\/i\u003e bursts open the courthouse doors and enters the hallways, courtrooms, judges' chambers, and attorneys' offices to reveal a world of punishment determined by race, not offense.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicole Gonzalez Van Cleve spent ten years working in and investigating the largest criminal courthouse in the country, Chicago-Cook County, and based on over 1,000 hours of observation, she takes readers inside our so-called halls of justice to witness the types of everyday racial abuses that fester within the courts, often in plain sight. We watch white courtroom professionals classify and deliberate on the fates of mostly black and Latino defendants while racial abuse and due process violations are encouraged and even seen as justified. Judges fall asleep on the bench. Prosecutors hang out like frat boys in the judges' chambers while the fates of defendants hang in the balance. Public defenders make choices about which defendants they will try to \"save\" and which they will sacrifice. Sheriff's officers cruelly mock and abuse defendants' family members. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDelve deeper into \u003ci\u003eCrook County\u003c\/i\u003e with related media and instructor resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrook County\u003c\/i\u003e's powerful and at times devastating narratives reveal startling truths about a legal culture steeped in racial abuse. Defendants find themselves thrust into a pernicious legal world where courtroom actors live and breathe racism while simultaneously committing themselves to a colorblind ideal. Gonzalez Van Cleve urges all citizens to take a closer look at the way we do justice in America and to hold our arbiters of justice accountable to the highest standards of equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicole Gonzalez Van Cleve\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Rachel Maddow Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNBC News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCNN\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47697553195267,"sku":"9781503602786","price":214.64,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/9310\/7359\/files\/TmhOeWRXRW9ldTBSL05YK3BxVU5rZz09.webp?v=1769806524","url":"https:\/\/annizon.com\/en-hk\/products\/crook-county-racism-and-injustice-in-americas-largest-criminal-court-paperback","provider":"annizon.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}