Race, Crime, and the Law
Randall Kennedy
In this powerfully reasoned, lucidly written work, Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy takes on the highly complex issues of race, crime, and the legal system, uncovering the long-standing failure of the justice system to protect blacks from criminals and revealing difficult truths about these factors in the United States.
Buy this book at AmazonAd- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN-13
- 9780517284582
- Genre
- Politics & Current Affairs
- Topics
- Race and criminal justiceRacial discrimination in lawCivil rights
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(1997)
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