Race and Justice: Rodney King and O. J. Simpson in a House Divided
Jewelle Taylor Gibbs$31.45
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Puts the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials under the microscope
Reviews the turbulent events of the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials from a social and political framework of race relations and police misconduct. This thought-provoking book shows that the issue of race was at the very heart of both of these emotionally charged cases.
Psychologist and scholar Jewelle Taylor Gibbs shows how King and Simpson have been transformed by their trials into 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 09/30/1996
ISBN: 9780787902643
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.10w x 0.78d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/14/1996 pg. 72
Library Journal 10/01/1996 pg. 104
Booklist 10/15/1996 pg. 384
Reviews the turbulent events of the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials from a social and political framework of race relations and police misconduct. This thought-provoking book shows that the issue of race was at the very heart of both of these emotionally charged cases.
Psychologist and scholar Jewelle Taylor Gibbs shows how King and Simpson have been transformed by their trials into 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 09/30/1996
ISBN: 9780787902643
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.10w x 0.78d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/14/1996 pg. 72
Library Journal 10/01/1996 pg. 104
Booklist 10/15/1996 pg. 384