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“Most official records of who commits crime are really statistics on who gets arrested and convicted. If, as we will show, the police are more likely to arrest some people than others, these official statistics may tell us more about police behavior than about criminals."

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice
Reiman, Jeffrey H. / Paul Leighton
ISBN-13: 9780205137725 / ISBN-10: 0205137725
Pearson, 2013
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