In recent years, Americas criminal justice system has become the subject of an increasingly urgent debate. Critics have assailed the rise of mass incarceration, emphasizing its disproportionate impact on people of color. As James Forman, Jr., points out, however, the war on crime that began in the 1970s was supported by many African American leaders in the nations urban centers. In Locking Up Our Own (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2017), he seeks to understand why.
New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice/
Washington Post Best-Seller
James Forman Jr.
Professor of Law
Yale Law School
Commentator:
Teddy Harrison
Political Science & Centre for Ethics
University of Toronto
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Wed, Dec 6, 2017
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto
Rm 200, Larkin Building