{"product_id":"legal-plunder-the-predatory-dimensions-of-criminal-justice-hardcover","title":"Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua Page\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing, historically rich account of how US policing and punishment have been retrofitted over the last four decades to extract public and private revenues from America's poorest and most vulnerable communities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Alongside the rise of mass incarceration, a second profound and equally disturbing development has transpired. Since the 1980s, US policing and punishment have been remade into tools for stripping resources from the nation's most oppressed communities and turning them into public and private revenues. \u003ci\u003eLegal Plunder \u003c\/i\u003eanalyzes this development's origins, operations, consequences, and the political struggles that it has created. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, including original ethnographic research, Joshua Page and Joe Soss examine the predatory dimensions of criminal legal governance to show how practices that criminalize, police, and punish have been retrofitted to siphon resources from subordinated groups, subsidize governments, and generate corporate profits. As tax burdens have declined for the affluent, this financial extraction--now a core function of the country's sprawling criminal legal apparatus--further compounds race, class, and gender inequalities and injustices. \u003ci\u003eLegal Plunder\u003c\/i\u003e shows that we can no longer afford to overlook legal plunder or the efforts to dismantle it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Page\u003c\/b\u003e is the Beverly and Richard Fink Professor of Sociology and Law at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Toughest Beat: Politics, Punishment, and the Prison Officer Unions in California\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBreaking the Pendulum: The Long Struggle over Criminal Justice.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Soss\u003c\/b\u003e is the inaugural Cowles Chair for the Study of Public Service at the University of Minnesota. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eDisciplining the Poor \u003c\/i\u003eand a member of the University of Minnesota Academy of Distinguished Teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51993539707181,"sku":"9780226841151","price":170.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ibDiqwwUQw9780226841151.webp?v=1776343827","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/legal-plunder-the-predatory-dimensions-of-criminal-justice-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}