Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York

Carl Suddler from Emory University presents his Book, Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York. A stark disparity exists between black and white youth experiences in the justice system today. Black youths are perceived to be older and less innocent than their white peers. When it comes to incarceration, race trumps class, and even as black youths articulate their own experiences with carceral authorities, many Americans remain surprised by the inequalities they continue to endure. In this revealing book, Carl Suddler brings to light a much longer history of the policies and strategies that tethered the lives of black youths to the justice system indefinitely.