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Broken Scales - by Tom Diaz Hardcover

Name: Broken Scales - by Tom Diaz (Hardcover)
Brand: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
SKU: 1008944208
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This book analyzes the everyday actions of ordinary people in the context of extreme political and cultural polarization, distort the criminal justice system and betray the lofty ideals expressed in American founding documents and centuries of Anglo-American articulations of basic human rights.
About the Author: Tom Diaz is a retired lawyer and former journalist who lives in the Washington, DC area.
226 Pages
Social Science, Criminology

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This book analyzes the everyday actions of ordinary people in the context of extreme political and cultural polarization, distort the criminal justice system and betray the lofty ideals expressed in American founding documents and centuries of Anglo-American articulations of basic human rights.

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The scales of justice, if they were ever intact, are broken in America. As Tom Diaz shows in this wide-ranging and hard-hitting book, the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow is a justice system warped by racism.

About the Author

Tom Diaz is a retired lawyer and former journalist who lives in the Washington, DC area. He has written five other non-fiction books and a number of monographs and articles about crime, terrorism, and firearms. He is a graduate of the University of Florida and of the Georgetown University Law Center.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.11 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 226

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Criminology

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Format: Hardcover

Author: Tom Diaz

Language: English

Street Date: October 15, 2021

TCIN: 1008944208

UPC: 9781538138502

Item Number (DPCI): 247-46-2300

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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