Ferguson's Fault Lines

Ferguson's Fault Lines

by Norwood, Kimberly Jade

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""This timely book addresses the deeply rooted perception of inequality and injustices experienced in Ferguson, Missouri, with a keen focus on the legal and social reverberations following the death of Michael Brown."" Excerpt from Foreword by Paulette Brown, President of the American Bar Association, 2015-2016.

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  • Full title :Ferguson's Fault Lines.

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""This timely book addresses the deeply rooted perception of inequality and injustices experienced in Ferguson, Missouri, with a keen focus on the legal and social reverberations following the death of Michael Brown."" Excerpt from Foreword by Paulette Brown, President of the American Bar Association, 2015-2016.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2016.

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Population and Place of Residence.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (251 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1634253736, 9781634253734
  • oclc:on1044958994
  • LC Classification:HV9956.F47F47 2016
  • Dewey Decimal:363.2

Table of Contents

Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Michael Brown, Dignity, and Déjà Vu: From Slavery to Ferguson and Beyond Christopher Alan Bracey; The Theoretical Lens: Racial Oppression as Dignity Expropriation; Dignity Expropriation as Concept in the Modern Era; Dignity Expropriation and Police Culture in Ferguson: The Department of Justice Reports; Historical Antecedents: From Slavery to Ferguson; The Familiar Call for Equal Dignity; Chapter 2: The Psychology of Racial Violence L. Song Richardson and Phillip Atiba Goff; Suspicion Cascades.

Implicit Racial BiasStereotype Threat; Masculinity Threat; Implications; Community Policing; Interim Solutions; Conclusion; Chapter 3: The Prosecution, the Grand Jury, and the Decision Not to Charge Katherine Goldwasser; The Grand Jury Proceedings; Differences from the Grand Jury "Norm"; Cause for Concern; The Decision to Use a Grand Jury; Lessons Learned?; Chapter 4: St Louis County Municipal Courts, For-Profit Policing, and the Road to Reforms Thomas Harvey and Brendan Roediger; The Structure of St. Louis County Police Departments and Courts; The Municipal Court Experience for Defendants.…

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