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**How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal court―and denies justice to the poor and to working-class people of color** The number of Americans arrested, brought to court, and incarcerated has skyrocketed in recent decades. Criminal defendants come from all races and economic walks of life, but they experience punishment in vastly different ways. __Privilege and Punishment__ examines how racial and class inequalities are embedded in the attorney-client relationship, providing a devastating portrait of inequality and injustice within and beyond the criminal courts. Matthew Clair conducted extensive fieldwork in the Boston court system, attending criminal hearings and interviewing defendants, lawyers, judges, police officers, and probation officers. In this eye-opening book, he uncovers how privilege and inequality play out in criminal court interactions. When disadvantaged defendants try to learn their legal rights and advocate for themselves, lawyers and judges often silence, coerce, and punish them. Privileged defendants, who are more likely to trust their defense attorneys, delegate authority to their lawyers, defer to judges, and are rewarded for the
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- Author
- Matthew K Clair; Project Muse
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691233871
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Sociology, Political Science
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (80 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14