Misdemeanorland: Criminal Courts and Social Control in an Age of Broken Windows Policing
Issa Kohler-Hausmann
(Author)
Description
"An eye-opening account of the criminal justice system's often overlooked creaky gears."--Sam Roberts, New York Times
In the early 1990s, New York City launched an initiative under the banner of Broken Windows policing to dramatically expand enforcement against low-level offenses. Misdemeanorland is the first book to document the fates of the hundreds of thousands of people hauled into lower criminal courts as part of this policing experiment. Drawing on three years of fieldwork inside and outside of the courtroom, in-depth interviews, and analysis of trends in arrests and dispositions of misdemeanors going back three decades, Issa Kohler-Hausmann shows how the lower reaches of our criminal justice system operate as a form of social control and surveillance, often without adjudicating cases or imposing formal punishment. Misdemeanorland describes in harrowing detail how the reach of America's penal state extends well beyond the shocking numbers of people incarcerated in prisons or stigmatized by a felony conviction.Product Details
Price
$23.95
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publish Date
August 27, 2019
Pages
324
Dimensions
5.7 X 8.8 X 0.8 inches | 0.95 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780691196114
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About the Author
Issa Kohler-Hausmann is associate professor of law and sociology at Yale University.
Reviews
"The must-read criminal justice book of 2018."--Chris Hayes
"An in-depth study of misdemeanor justice in New York City. . . . An important, first-of-its-kind book."--Kirkus Reviews
"While there has been much attention paid to the overt ways that our criminal-justice system has affected poor communities of color . . . less attention has been directed toward what happens in the middle, when people are funneled through a confusing, bureaucratic court system. Kohler-Hausmann . . . compellingly demonstrates, just as the police and prisons play a central role in broken-windows policing, so, too, do the courts."--Clio Chang, The Nation
"Finalist for the 2018 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems"
"Winner of the 2019 Mirra Komarovsky Book Award, Eastern Sociological Society"
"Winner of the Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law and Society Association"
"Winner of the Albert J. Reiss Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, Crime, Law, and Deviance Section of the American Sociological Association"
"An in-depth study of misdemeanor justice in New York City. . . . An important, first-of-its-kind book."--Kirkus Reviews
"While there has been much attention paid to the overt ways that our criminal-justice system has affected poor communities of color . . . less attention has been directed toward what happens in the middle, when people are funneled through a confusing, bureaucratic court system. Kohler-Hausmann . . . compellingly demonstrates, just as the police and prisons play a central role in broken-windows policing, so, too, do the courts."--Clio Chang, The Nation
"Finalist for the 2018 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems"
"Winner of the 2019 Mirra Komarovsky Book Award, Eastern Sociological Society"
"Winner of the Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law and Society Association"
"Winner of the Albert J. Reiss Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, Crime, Law, and Deviance Section of the American Sociological Association"
