Jewelle Taylor Gibbs

Broschiertes Buch

Race and Justice

Rodney King and O. J. Simpson in a House Divided

Beschreibung

In this thought-provoking book, psychologist and scholar Jewelle Taylor Gibbs puts the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials under the microscope to show that the issue of race was at the very heart of both of these emotionally charged cases. And, she observes, given the racial and ethnic composition of the members of the two juries, their verdicts were all but predictable in view of their different experiences with the police.Race and Justice reviews the turbulent events of the two so-called trials of the century and examines them from a social and political framework of race relations and police misconduct. The author points out that King and Simpson, two apparently dissimilar men, came from remarkably similar backgrounds. And she shows how their trials have linked them forever as symbols of the different worlds inhabited by blacks and whites in America. Gibbs's compelling analysis of the issues that permeated these trials will challenge even the most cynical observer to rethink any previously held assumptions about race and the criminal justice system.

Autor

JEWELLE TAYLOR GIBBS a clinical psychologist and consultant, is Zellerbach Family Fund professor of social policy at the School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley. She is the coauthor of Children of Color (Jossey-Bass, 1989) and the editor of Young, Black, and Male in America: An Endangered Species (Greenwood Press, 1988).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 565g
• ISBN-13: 9780787902643
• ISBN-10: 0787902640
• Artikelnr.: 21078756

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"Gibbs' book, an in-depth analysis of the Rodney King and O.J.Simpson cases, is bold, courageous scholarship. Penned by atalented clinical psychologist, the study rises abovesuperficiality and even now stands out from the large body ofopportunistic, commercial Simpson-King literature. . . . An instantclassic."

"An excellent manual. . . . Offers constructive insights into bothtrials from intellectuals, educators and lawyers as well as socialworkers and community support counselors."

"Gibbs finds context and meaning in this first serious, scholarlystudy of Rodney King and O.J. Simpson cases."

?Race and Justice penetrates the searing headlines of two of themost celebrated criminal trials in American history to ponder

theirbroader implications for our society. Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, thewise and insightful author, offers trenchant observations about thefuture of race relations in Los Angeles that Americans everywhereshould heed, and in a hurry.? -- Hugh B. Price, president, NationalUrban League

?Must reading for those who want to reinvent the jury system,improve race relations, and make sense of the Rodney King and O.J.Simpson verdicts and their racially polarized aftermaths. Drawingon history, sociology, and psychology, the author analyzes thesecontroversial verdicts and concludes that they are the legacy ofracial injustice and police violence.? --Eddie N. Williams,president, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

?Sensitive and gripping. Essential for anyone who wants tounderstand police and racial tension in America.? --Joseph D.McNamara, retired police chief of San Jose, California, researchfellow, Hoover Institution Stanford University

?Sensitive and gripping. Essential for anyone who wants tounderstand police and racial tension in America? --Joseph D.McNamara, retired police chief of San Jose, research fellow, HooverInstitution Stanford University

"An important, thoughtful analysis."

"This book is brilliant, dramatic and appalling....Her book iscarefully documented, but written in an easy and attractivestyle."

"Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, the wise and insightful author offerstrenchant observations about the future of race relations in LosAngeles that Americans everywhere should heed, and in a hurry."--Hugh B. Price, President, National Urban League

"Careful and provocative analyses . . . essential for anyoneinterested in a broader perspective of the issues." --Phillip YoungBlue, New York State Supreme Court Criminal Branch Library, LibraryJournal