Deadly Injustice: Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System

Deadly Injustice

Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System

2015 • 370 pages

"Uses the Trayvon Martin case as a springboard to examine race, crime, and justice in our criminal justice system. Contributors explores how race and racism inform how Americans think about criminality; how crimes are investigated and prosecuted; and how highly publicized criminal cases go on to shape public views about offenders and the criminal process"--


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New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law

New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by Jody Miller and Victor M. Rios.

The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America
Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence
Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
Deadly Injustice: Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System

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