Race, Crime, and the Law (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375701849)

An "admirable, courageous, and meticulously fair and honest book" (New York Times Book Review) in which "one of our most important and perceptive writers on race" (The Washington Post) takes on a highly complex issue in a way that no one has before.

"This book should be a standard for all law students."--Boston Globe

In this groundbreaking, powerfully reasoned, lucid work that is certain to provoke controversy, Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy takes on a highly complex issue in a way that no one has before. Kennedy uncovers the long-standing failure of the justice system to protect blacks from criminals, probing allegations that blacks are victimized on a widespread basis by racially discriminatory prosecutions and punishments, but he also engages the debate over the wisdom and legality of using racial criteria in jury selection. He analyzes the responses of the legal system to accusations that appeals to racial prejudice have rendered trials unfair, and examines the idea that, under certain circumstances, members of one race are statistically more likely to be involved in crime than members of another.

Author: Randall Kennedy
ISBN-10: 0375701842
ISBN-13: 9780375701849
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 03/31/1998
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.30d
Award: Robert F. Kennedy Book Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 04/26/1998 pg. 36
Black Issues Book Review 03/01/2003 pg. 58