Title Race and policing in modern America / by Duchess Harris, JD, PhD, with R.L. Van.

Publication Info.	Minneapolis, MN : Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2021]
	©2021

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Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department	J 305.8 HAR	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department	J305.8 HARRIS	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction	J 305.8 HARRIS	Check Shelf

Description	48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts ; 24 cm
Series	Core library guide to racism in modern America
	Harris, Duchess. Core Library guide to racism in modern America.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.
Contents	Foundations of a flawed system -- Systemic racism -- Use of force and justice -- The future of American policing.
Summary	This book explores how the US criminal justice system perpetuates inequality, from the police's origins as slave patrols to the school-to-prison pipeline. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and there is great racial inequality in the criminal justice system.
Subject	Police-community relations -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Police -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Police ethics -- Juvenile literature.
	United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
	Police. (OCoLC)fst01068398
	Police-community relations. (OCoLC)fst01068784
	Police ethics. (OCoLC)fst01068597
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Instructional and educational works.
	Illustrated works.
Added Author	Van, R. L., author.
ISBN	9781532194689 (library binding)
	1532194684 (library binding)
	9781644945117 (paperback)
	1644945118 (paperback)
	9781098214203 (ebook)

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