Summary of Rafael A. Mangual's Criminal (In)Justice

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#1 The scale of mass incarceration, as well as criminal justice reform, has been a topic of debate in the United States for decades.

#2 In the 2010s, mass incarceration and police brutality became hot-button topics in the United States.

#3 The Black Lives Matter movement gave the push for criminal justice reform a huge boost in the 2010s, as it became clear that police forces were an out-of-control occupying force, and that their violence was being aided and abetted by a justice system built and operated to the specific detriment of Black and brown communities.

#4 -> The scale of mass incarceration, as well as criminal justice reform, has been a topic of debate in the United States for decades. In the 2010s, mass incarceration and police brutality became hot-button topics.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350040166

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The road toward decarceration and depolicing is not a new phenomenon. Some parts of the country have been on it for years, while others have only recently begun to address the issues brought up by the demonization of police.

#2

Policing and incarceration were becoming more and more controversial in the 2010s, as more and more people were spending more time on social media platforms, which allowed for the instantaneous dissemination of information and misinformation.

#3

The 2010s saw the rise of citizen journalists, who were essentially transformed into citizen journalists by the 2010s, meaning there was a higher chance of police uses of force being filmed and disseminated. This contributed to the growing perception that police uses of force were more common than they actually were.

#4

The increase in homicides in 2020 was the largest single-year increase in American history, and it was preceded by a decade-long trend of increasingly vitriolic anti-police rhetoric in the media