Race and Justice - Rodney King and O. J. Simpson in a House Divided (Paperback, lst ed)

In this thought-provoking book, psychologist and scholar Jewelle Taylor Gibbs puts the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials under the microscope to show that the issue of race was at the very heart of both of these emotionally charged cases. And, she observes, given the racial and ethnic composition of the members of the two juries, their verdicts were all but predictable in view of their different experiences with the police.Race and Justice reviews the turbulent events of the two so-called trials of the century and examines them from a social and political framework of race relations and police misconduct. The author points out that King and Simpson, two apparently dissimilar men, came from remarkably similar backgrounds. And she shows how their trials have linked them forever as symbols of the different worlds inhabited by blacks and whites in America. Gibbs's compelling analysis of the issues that permeated these trials will challenge even the most cynical observer to rethink any previously held assumptions about race and the criminal justice system.

General

Imprint:	Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1996
First published:	September 1996
Authors:	Jewelle Taylor Gibbs
Dimensions:	237 x 159 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	370
Edition:	lst ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7879-0264-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > Police & security services Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Courts & procedure > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General
LSN:	0-7879-0264-0
Barcode:	9780787902643

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