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A Pattern of Violence - How the Law Classifies Crimes and What It Means for Justice (Hardcover) Loot Price: R645
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A Pattern of Violence - How the Law Classifies Crimes and What It Means for Justice (Hardcover): David Alan Sklansky

A Pattern of Violence - How the Law Classifies Crimes and What It Means for Justice (Hardcover)

David Alan Sklansky

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A law professor and former prosecutor reveals how inconsistent ideas about violence, enshrined in law, are at the root of the problems that plague our entire criminal justice system-from mass incarceration to police brutality. We take for granted that some crimes are violent and others aren't. But how do we decide what counts as a violent act? David Alan Sklansky argues that legal notions about violence-its definition, causes, and moral significance-are functions of political choices, not eternal truths. And these choices are central to failures of our criminal justice system. The common distinction between violent and nonviolent acts, for example, played virtually no role in criminal law before the latter half of the twentieth century. Yet to this day, with more crimes than ever called "violent," this distinction determines how we judge the seriousness of an offense, as well as the perpetrator's debt and danger to society. Similarly, criminal law today treats violence as a pathology of individual character. But in other areas of law, including the procedural law that covers police conduct, the situational context of violence carries more weight. The result of these inconsistencies, and of society's unique fear of violence since the 1960s, has been an application of law that reinforces inequities of race and class, undermining law's legitimacy. A Pattern of Violence shows that novel legal philosophies of violence have motivated mass incarceration, blunted efforts to hold police accountable, constrained responses to sexual assault and domestic abuse, pushed juvenile offenders into adult prisons, encouraged toleration of prison violence, and limited responses to mass shootings. Reforming legal notions of violence is therefore an essential step toward justice.

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Imprint: Harvard University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2021
Authors: David Alan Sklansky
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-24890-8
Categories: Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General
LSN: 0-674-24890-2
Barcode: 9780674248908

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