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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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4.52 avg rating — 117,121 ratings
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Witness for the Defense: The Accused, the Eyewitness, and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial
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4.24 avg rating — 294 ratings
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Minds on Trial: Great Cases in Law and Psychology
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4.24 avg rating — 247 ratings
"Foundational case studies in forensic psychology and forensic testimony"
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rated it 4 stars
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
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4.44 avg rating — 45,838 ratings
"A foundational text for any social scientist and/or criminologist. Engaging broad brush review of the local, state, and federal laws that have lead to wide spread wealth inequality and mass incarceration"
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
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4.35 avg rating — 6,726 ratings
"Pushout is a critical read for those interested in the school-to-prison pipeline, especially as it applies to girls."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Digital Street
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4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings
"A quick read about social media use among gang and crew-involved youth"
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rated it 4 stars
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"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide
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4.26 avg rating — 11,014 ratings
"Simply the best book about genocide and political violence"
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rated it 5 stars
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
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4.47 avg rating — 165,121 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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4.06 avg rating — 239,729 ratings
"A very humorous read about cadavers. Covers an interesting chapter on body farms and their contributions to forensic medicine"
Birdy
rated it 3 stars
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Stealing Lincoln's Body
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3.69 avg rating — 1,305 ratings
"An engaging read about the history of the Secret Service"
Birdy
rated it 3 stars
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Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice
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4.05 avg rating — 1,872 ratings
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18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
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3.70 avg rating — 3,980 ratings
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American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic
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4.26 avg rating — 2,509 ratings
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The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader
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4.54 avg rating — 171 ratings
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Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence
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3.85 avg rating — 505 ratings
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Child Pornography: Law and Policy
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3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma: Community Activism, Safety, and Social Justice
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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