NCJ Number
29683
Editor(s)
H ZINN
Date Published
1974
Length
383 pages
Annotation
CASE HISTORIES OF EVERYDAY JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE IN THE STREETS, COURTS, PRISONS, HOMES, FACTORIES, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND MENTAL INSTITUTIONS IN A REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN CITY, BOSTON.
Abstract
EDITED BY A PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY, THIS BOOK GREW OUT OF A COURSE ON CIVIL LIBERTIES. HE ASKED HIS STUDENTS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY PROBLEMS DEALING WITH DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF JUSTICE, AND SOME OF THEIR REPORTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK. STILL OTHER CHAPTERS WERE PROVIDED BY PARTICIPANTS OR OBSERVERS: A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, A PRISONER, A TEACHER, A BLACK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, AND OTHERS. THE BOOK ITSELF IS DIVIDED INTO EIGHT SECTIONS: POLICE, COURTS, PRISONS, HOUSING, WORK, HEALTH, SCHOOLS, FIGHTING BACK. THE CENTRAL THESIS OF THE BOOK IS THAT PEOPLE MUST ORGANIZE THEMSELVES TO CHANGE THEIR OWN LIVES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)