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Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System

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Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System - Gibson, James L, and Nelson, Michael
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The American legal system is experiencing a period of extreme stress, if not crisis, as it seems to be losing its legitimacy with at least some segments of its constituency. Nowhere is this legitimacy deficit more apparent than in a portion of the African American community in the U.S., as incidents of police killing black suspects - whether legally justified or not - have become almost routine. However, this legitimacy deficit has largely been documented through anecdotal evidence and a steady drumbeat of journalistic ...

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Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System 2018, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780190865221

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