Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System

by James L. Gibson and Michael Nelson

Book Overview

The American legal system is experiencing a period of extreme stress, if not crisis, as it seems to be losing its legitimacy with at least some segments of its constituency. Nowhere is this legitimacy deficit more apparent than in a portion of the African American community in the U.S., as incidents of police killing black suspects - whether legally justified or not - have become almost routine. However, this legitimacy deficit has largely been documented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190865229
• ISBN13: 9780190865221
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"