The rich get richer and the poor get prison: Ideology, class, and criminal justice (11th ed.)

Authors

• Jeffrey Reiman, American University
• Paul Leighton, Eastern Michigan University

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

2017

Department/School

Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

Abstract

The Rich Get Richer shows readers that much of what goes on in the criminal justice system violates citizens' sense of basic fairness. It presents extensive evidence from mainstream data that the criminal justice system does not function in the way it says it does nor in the way that readers believe it should. The authors develop a theoretical perspective from which readers might understand these failures and evaluate them morally.

Comments

P. Leighton is a faculty member in EMU's Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology.

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Recommended Citation

Reiman, J. H., & Leighton, P. (2017). The rich get richer and the poor get prison: Ideology, class, and criminal justice (11th ed.). Routledge.