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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2024-09-17
- Pages
- 480
- ISBN
- 9780593471319
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593471318
ISBN-13
9780593471319
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23064623667
Product Key Features
Book Title
Highest Law in the Land : How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
Corruption & Misconduct, Sociology / General, Law Enforcement, Penology
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
24.4 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2024-018715
Reviews
Praise for The Highest Law in the Land "In her new book The Highest Law in the Land, Jessica Pishko shines a much needed spotlight on the right wing extremism brewing in Sheriff's offices across the country and asks the tough question about whether we still need this inherently problematic institution." --Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing "Jessica Pishko is the leading authority on American sheriffs. As she writes, this is their moment - across the country, their role is increasing in importance as a result of the pandemic and criminal justice reform. Sheriffs are not united on either front. They span the political spectrum, and that makes them an amazingly interesting entry point for looking at the perennial American battle between our dueling impulses toward punishment and mercy. I can't wait to read this book!" --Emily Bazelon, author of Charged, Praise for The Highest Law in the Land "In her new book The Highest Law in the Land, Jessica Pishko shines a much needed spotlight on the right wing extremism brewing in Sheriff's offices across the country and asks the tough question about whether we still need this inherently problematic institution." --Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing "Jessica Pishko is the leading authority on American sheriffs. As she writes, this is their moment - across the country, their role is increasing in importance as a result of the pandemic and criminal justice reform. Sheriffs are not united on either front. They span the political spectrum, and that makes them an amazingly interesting entry point for looking at the perennial American battle between our dueling impulses toward punishment and mercy." --Emily Bazelon, author of Charged
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Dewey Decimal
363.20973
Synopsis
Shortlisted for Columbia Journalism School's J. Anthony Lukas Award A Publishers Lunch NonFiction Buzz Book Named Most Anticipated by Los Angeles Times A leading authority on sheriffs investigates the impunity with which they police their communities, alongside the troubling role they play in American life, law enforcement, and, increasingly, national politics. The figure of the American sheriff has loomed large in popular imagination, though given the outsize jurisdiction sheriffs have over people's lives, the office of sheriffs remains a gravely under-examined institution. Locally elected, largely unaccountable, and difficult to remove, the country's over three thousand sheriffs, mostly white men, wield immense power--making arrests, running county jails, enforcing evictions and immigration laws--with a quarter of all U.S. law enforcement officers reporting to them. In recent years there's been a revival of "constitutional sheriffs," who assert that their authority supersedes that of legislatures, courts, and even the president. They've protested federal mask and vaccine mandates and gun regulations, railed against police reforms, and, ultimately, declared themselves election police, with many endorsing the "Big Lie" of a stolen presidential election. They are embraced by far-right militia groups, white nationalists, the Claremont Institute, and former president Donald Trump, who sees them as allies in mass deportation and border policing. How did a group of law enforcement officers decide that they were "above the law?" What are the stakes for local and national politics, and for America as a multi-racial democracy? Blending investigative reporting, historical research, and political analysis, author Jessica Pishko takes us to the roots of why sheriffs have become a flashpoint in the current politics of toxic masculinity, guns, white supremacy, and rural resentment, and uncovers how sheriffs have effectively evaded accountability since the nation's founding. A must-read for fans of Michelle Alexander, Gilbert King, Elizabeth Hinton, and Kathleen Belew.
LC Classification Number
HV7979.P47 2024
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- a***n (51)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseMistakenly ordered a paperback that I thought was a hardcover, not sellers fault; it was described properly on the listing. Seller still processed a refund the day I went to return the item and let me keep the item anyway. A+++ service. Book arrived quickly in great condition and for a great price. Thank you so much! Amazing seller!
- n***c (95)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.