Stuck Outside: The Limits of Progressive Criminal Legal System Reform in an Inequitable Society

How do identity and social circumstances affect experiences of the criminal legal system in the US?

It’s no secret that factors such as race and socio-economic status will affect a person’s experience of life, and contact with the criminal legal system is no different. Drawing on the author’s own experience of jail and the criminal legal system, as well as academic literature in the field of carceral studies, this book explores how pre-existing inequities play out and reproduce themselves.

Ideal reading for students of Incarceration Studies, Black Studies, African American Studies, Sociology, Cultural History, American Studies, Criminology and Interdisciplinary Studies, this book explores and illustrates the disparities encountered in the criminal legal system of the United States.

© 2023 Lived Places Publishing (Ebook): 9781915271792

Release date

Ebook: 23 December 2023