Criminal Injustice: How Politics and Ideology Distort American Ideals

Criminal Injustice: How Politics and Ideology Distort American Ideals
ISBN-10
1531016367
ISBN-13
9781531016364
Series
Criminal Injustice
Category
Crime
Pages
306
Language
English
Published
2020
Author
Matthew B. Robinson

Description

"This book examines the influence of politics and ideology on criminal justice practice. Politics refers to governing decisions about how to deal with social problems and distribute resources in society, and ideology means the beliefs and values that guide political decisions and underlie our societal institutions. The book clearly illustrates that criminal justice practice is directly and meaningfully impacted by politics and ideology, beginning with law-making. The main argument of Criminal Injustice is that politics and ideology distort America's ideal goals of crime control and due process, oftentimes resulting in ineffective and unfair criminal justice policies. That is, politics and ideology distort the ideals of Americans found in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution"--

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