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Author: Alexandra Natapoff Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 0465093809 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 320
Book Description
A revelatory account of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals. Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new interpretation of inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on extensive original research, legal scholar Alexandra Natapoff reveals the inner workings of a massive petty offense system that produces over 13 million cases each year. People arrested for minor crimes are swept through courts where defendants often lack lawyers, judges process cases in mere minutes, and nearly everyone pleads guilty. This misdemeanor machine starts punishing people long before they are convicted; it punishes the innocent; and it punishes conduct that never should have been a crime. As a result, vast numbers of Americans -- most of them poor and people of color -- are stigmatized as criminals, impoverished through fines and fees, and stripped of drivers' licenses, jobs, and housing. For too long, misdemeanors have been ignored. But they are crucial to understanding our punitive criminal system and our widening economic and racial divides. A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018
Author: Alexandra Natapoff Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 0465093809 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 320
Book Description
A revelatory account of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals. Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new interpretation of inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on extensive original research, legal scholar Alexandra Natapoff reveals the inner workings of a massive petty offense system that produces over 13 million cases each year. People arrested for minor crimes are swept through courts where defendants often lack lawyers, judges process cases in mere minutes, and nearly everyone pleads guilty. This misdemeanor machine starts punishing people long before they are convicted; it punishes the innocent; and it punishes conduct that never should have been a crime. As a result, vast numbers of Americans -- most of them poor and people of color -- are stigmatized as criminals, impoverished through fines and fees, and stripped of drivers' licenses, jobs, and housing. For too long, misdemeanors have been ignored. But they are crucial to understanding our punitive criminal system and our widening economic and racial divides. A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018
Author: Carla Mooney Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc ISBN: 1477780319 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 66
Book Description
Far too often, teens find themselves caught up in the legal system over actions that didn’t seem like a big deal at the time. Unforeseen consequences of small pranks, petty theft, public drinking or urination, simple assault, and trespassing can become too overwhelming for somebody without legal experience, resources, or know-how. This simple guide defines misdemeanors and minor offenses, explains what to do when cited for one, and narrates the court experience in an accessible way. Most important, it also guides readers who may have already encountered trouble on successfully moving beyond it and avoiding further problems down the line.
Author: Amanda Y. Agan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Communities across the United States are reconsidering the public safety benefits of prosecuting nonviolent misdemeanor offenses. So far there has been little empirical evidence to inform policy in this area. In this paper we report the first estimates of the causal effects of misdemeanor prosecution on defendants' subsequent criminal justice involvement. We leverage the as-if random assignment of nonviolent misdemeanor cases to Assistant District Attorneys (ADAs) who decide whether a case should move forward with prosecution in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts. These ADAs vary in the average leniency of their prosecution decisions. We find that, for the marginal defendant, nonprosecution of a nonviolent misdemeanor offense leads to large reductions in the likelihood of a new criminal complaint over the next two years. These local average treatment effects are largest for first-time defendants, suggesting that averting initial entry into the criminal justice system has the greatest benefits. We also present evidence that a recent policy change in Suffolk County imposing a presumption of nonprosecution for a set of nonviolent misdemeanor offenses had similar beneficial effects: the likelihood of future criminal justice involvement fell, with no apparent increase in local crime rates.
Author: Carla Mooney Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc ISBN: 1477780297 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 66
Book Description
Far too often, teens find themselves caught up in the legal system over actions that didn’t seem like a big deal at the time. Unforeseen consequences of small pranks, petty theft, public drinking or urination, simple assault, and trespassing can become too overwhelming for somebody without legal experience, resources, or know-how. This simple guide defines misdemeanors and minor offenses, explains what to do when cited for one, and narrates the court experience in an accessible way. Most important, it also guides readers who may have already encountered trouble on successfully moving beyond it and avoiding further problems down the line.
Author: Various Publisher: Rosen Young Adult ISBN: 9781477780565 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Navigating the legal system is often overwhelming. This groundbreaking series aims to advise teens how to avoid legal problems, as well as offer counsel to teens who have run afoul of the law already. Readers will learn the distinction between felonies and misdemeanors and between being tried as a juvenile and as an adult. Family law, rights in school, drug use, and Internet crime are also covered. By providing wise and empathetic advice about the law and their rights, these books represent a pathway to smart and successful life choices. * Offers straightforward, reassuring advice about how the legal and penal systems operate * Includes case studies of real-life scenarios, as well as relevant statistics on crime, punishment, and outcomes * Sidebars have added-value facts about each topic *Written and reviewed by legal experts
Author: Alexandra Natapoff
Author: Alexandra Natapoff
Author: Carla Mooney
Author: Amanda Y. Agan
Author: Carla Mooney
Author: United States. Department of Justice
Author: Issa Kohler-Hausmann
Author: Various
Author: American Bar Association
Author: Law Reform Commission of Canada
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