The Lower Criminal Courts

by Alisa Smith

Book Overview

This book explores misdemeanor courts in the United States by focusing on the processing of misdemeanor crimes and the resultant consequences of conviction, such as loss of employment and housing, the imposition of significant fines, and loss of liberty--all amounting to the criminalization of poverty that happens in many U.S. misdemeanor courts. A major concern is the lack of due process employed in lower courts. Although the seminal case of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367219301
• ISBN13: 9780367219307
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages