Justice in America : the separate realities of blacks and whites / Mark Peffley, Jon Hurwitz.
2010
KF9223 .P44 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Justice in America : the separate realities of blacks and whites / Mark Peffley, Jon Hurwitz.
Author
Peffley, Mark.
ISBN
9780521134750 (pbk.)
0521134757 (pbk.)
9780521119252
0521119251
0521134757 (pbk.)
9780521119252
0521119251
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
KF9223 .P44 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
345.73/05
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" --Publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Hurwitz, Jon.
Series
Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology.
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Table of 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.
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.