| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; PART 1 FAILED FEARS; 1 The Mostly Invisible Catastrophe; 2 Fear, Loathing, and Guns; 3 Informants; PART 2 FAILED LAWS; 4 The War on Drugs (and Reason); 5 The Death of Rachel Hoffman; 6 Three Strikes and You're Out; 7 Divine Right Prosecutors; 8 The Innocent and the Dead; PART 3 FAILED RESULTS; 9 Walking the "Toughest Beat" in Guccis; 10 Mongo and Squeaky; 11 Prison Privateers and Jailing for Cash; 12 Captive Employees; PART 4 FAILED EXCESS; 13 Deporting for Cash; 14 The War against the Poor (and Middle Class); 15 Crazy Consequences. |
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16 Crime Academies, Rape, Sex Slaves, Infection, Death17 The Insanity of Mental Health Practices; PART 5 FAILED VISION; 18 Legacy Inmates; 19 "The Future"; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author. |
| Summary |
In America, 2.3 million peopleùa population about the size of HoustonÆs, the countryÆs fourth-largest cityùlive behind bars. Sick Justice explores the economic, social, and political forces that hijacked the criminal justice system to create this bizarre situation. Presenting frightening true stories of (sometimes wrongfully) incarcerated individuals, Ivan G. Goldman exposes the inept bureaucracies of AmericaÆs prisons and shows the real reasons that disproportionate numbers of minorities, the poor, and the mentally ill end up there. Goldman dissects the widespread phenomenon of jailing for pr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Prisons -- United States.
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Prisons. |
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United States. |
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Corrections -- United States.
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Corrections. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Goldman, Ivan G. Sick justice. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2013] 9781612344874 (DLC) 2013003517 (OCoLC)827528675 |
| ISBN |
9781612344881 (electronic book) |
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1612344887 (electronic book) |
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9781612344874 |
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1612344879 |
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