Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court.

In Privilege and Punishment, Stanford sociologist Matthew Clair examines how class and racial inequalities are entrenched in the criminal legal system and reproduced through the attorney-client relationship. In contrast, privileged defendants (middle class), who have little or no knowledge of the cr...

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Published in:International Social Science Review Vol. 97; no. 1; pp. 1 - 5
Main Author: Uneke, Okori
Format: Article
Published: Pi Gamma Mu Inc. 2021
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        Criminal courts
        Punishment
        Defense attorneys
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        Legal rights
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      ab: In Privilege and Punishment, Stanford sociologist Matthew Clair examines how class and racial inequalities are entrenched in the criminal legal system and reproduced through the attorney-client relationship. In contrast, privileged defendants (middle class), who have little or no knowledge of the criminal legal system, and are more likely to trust their defense attorneys, delegate authority to their lawyers, defer to judges, and are rewarded for their compliance. While poor defendants have no alternative but to work with a lawyer assigned them by the court, middle-class defendants have the option of choosing and hiring their defense attorneys.
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