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The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
For 40 years, this classic text has taken the issue of economic inequality seriously and asked: Why are our prisons filled with the poor? Why aren't the tools of the criminal justice system being used to protect Americans from predatory business practices and to punish well-off people who cause widespread harm?
| Author(s) | By Jeffrey Reiman, Paul Leighton (Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, USA). |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 284 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 28 Apr 2023 |
| Availability | POD |
For 40 years, this classic text has taken the issue of economic inequality seriously and asked: Why are our prisons filled with the poor? Why aren't the tools of the criminal justice system being used to protect Americans from predatory business practices and to punish well-off people who cause widespread harm?
Introduction: Criminal Justice Through the Looking Glass, or Winning and Losing 1 Crime Control in America: Nothing Succeeds Like Failure 2 A Crime by Any Other Name ... 3 ... And the Poor Get Prison 4 To the Vanquished Belong the Spoils: Who
Jeffrey Reiman is the William Fraser McDowell Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at American University in Washington, DC. Dr. Reiman is the author of In Defense of Political Philosophy (1972), Justice and Modern Moral Philosophy (1990), Critical Moral Libe
