The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice
by Jeffrey Reiman, Paul Leighton
Jeffrey Reiman and Paul Leighton examine the connections among ideology, class, and criminal justice. This critical work considers how systems of crime and punishment relate to social inequality, encouraging readers to question conventional assumptions about justice, power, and the distribution of consequences.
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The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison explores the relationship between social class, ideology, and criminal justice.
Jeffrey Reiman and Paul Leighton present a critical examination of how criminal justice systems can reflect and reinforce broader social inequalities.
The book addresses questions about crime, punishment, power, and the differing consequences experienced across class lines.
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