| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
5 audio discs (5 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
050000 |
| Description |
digital optical rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
| Performer |
Narrated by the author. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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In container (17 cm.). |
| Summary |
"America likes to tell itself that it inhabits a postracial world, yet nearly every empirical measure-- wealth, unemployment, incarceration, school segregation-- reveals that racial inequality has barely improved since 1968, when Richard Nixon became our first 'law and order' president." Hayes examines the surge in crime that began in the 1960s and peaked in the 1990s, and the unprecedented decline that followed. Drawing on close-hand reporting at flashpoints of racial conflict, as well as deeply personal experiences with policing, Hayes explores cultural touchstones, from the influential "broken windows" theory to the "squeegee men" of late-1980s Manhattan, to show how fear causes us to make dangerous and unfortunate choices, both in our society and at the personal level. With great empathy, he seeks to understand the challenges of policing communities haunted by the omnipresent threat of guns. Most important, he shows that a more democratic and sympathetic justice system already exists-- in a place we least suspect. |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
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Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States.
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United States -- Race relations.
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Social justice -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Recorded Books, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9781501947018 |
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150194701X |
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9781501949722 |
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1501949721 |
| Standard No. |
9781501949722 52999 |
| Music No. |
C04664 Recorded Books |
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000346 Recorded Books |
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