Mercy and Mass Incarceration: Augustinian Reflections on "The New Jim Crow"

A literary criticism for Michelle Alexander's book "The New Jim Crow" is presented. Topics discussed include portrayal of American criminal justice, may have reflected causation and not coincidence, in the book; academic, political, and popular sensitivity toward the harshness and rac...

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Main Author: Lee, Gregory W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2018
In: The journal of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 98, Issue: 2, Pages: 192-223
Further subjects:B PRISONS & society
B ALEXANDER, Michelle, 1967-
B Mass Incarceration
B IMPRISONMENT rates
B NEW Jim Crow, The (Book)
B Social aspects
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Summary:A literary criticism for Michelle Alexander's book "The New Jim Crow" is presented. Topics discussed include portrayal of American criminal justice, may have reflected causation and not coincidence, in the book; academic, political, and popular sensitivity toward the harshness and racial disparities of American criminal justice and the book's diagnosis of individual and social evil as a spiritual disorder that illuminates the factors driving mass incarceration.
ISSN:1549-6538
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/696227