When Poverty Is the Worst Crime of All: A Film Review of Gideon's Army (2013)

Jessica S. Henry

doi:10.1177/0887403413504294

When Poverty Is the Worst Crime of All: A Film Review of Gideon's Army (2013)

Jessica S. Henry

Justice Studies

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Abstract

This review of the Sundance Award-winning documentary film, Gideon's Army, examines the disparate impact of the criminal justice system on the poor and, particularly, poor people of color.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	653-656
Number of pages	4
Journal	Criminal Justice Policy Review
Volume	25
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0887403413504294
State	Published - Sep 2014

Keywords

courts
criminal court
criminal justice policy
criminal trial
defense
poverty and race
sentences

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