God's Law and Order

There is more to the story of mass incarceration than civil rights backlash politics. It is also a religious story. Aaron Griffith points to the key role played by evangelical Christians, who worked for conversion of prisoners and pushed an anticrime agenda that, while ostensibly colorblind, exacerbated racial inequality in the justice system.

O privire incisiva asupra modului in care crestinii evanghelici au format - si au fost formati - de sistemul de justitie penala american. America este incarcerata la scara masiva. In ciuda reformelor recente, Statele Unite blocheaza un numar mare de oameni - disproportionat de saraci si non-albi - pentru perioade lungi de timp si ofera putine posibilitati de restaurare.