Exculpating Injustice: Coroner Constructions of White Innocence in the Postbellum South
Research notes the broad complicity of white public officials in historical racial violence and repression. These discussions emphasize the role of criminal justice actors in perpetrating and enabling this repression. Extending this assessment, the authors examine coroners’ facilitation of white rac...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-01-01
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Series: | Socius |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023120983647 |