The American Criminal Justice System

The American Criminal Justice System
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9780313383489
ISBN-13 : 0313383480
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Book Synopsis The American Criminal Justice System by : Gerhard Falk

Download or read book The American Criminal Justice System written by Gerhard Falk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical yet honest appraisal of our criminal justice system addresses its strengths and its flaws—and makes recommendations for improvement. The American Criminal Justice System: How It Works, How It Doesn't, and How to Fix It calls attention to a criminal justice system that needs improvement. Author Gerhard Falk shows that the police themselves often violate the law; that prosecutors send innocent citizens to prison and even to death row; that defense attorneys take on cases they are not prepared to handle; that juries vote guilt or innocence on the basis of emotion, not facts; that judges are often failed attorneys or unscrupulous politicians; and that jails and prisons are too frequently warehouses of the poor. As background for his analysis, Falk discusses the history of the police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges, as well as the history of prisons and "the prison industrial complex." He also offers a devastating analysis of the death penalty and its practitioners. The book ends with recommendations for the improvement of our criminal justice system so that America can truly be, as our Supreme Court proclaims, a land of "Equal Justice under Law."


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