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...
| Published in: | International Social Science Review Vol. 97; no. 1; pp. 1 - 5 |
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Pi Gamma Mu Inc.
2021
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