In malign neglect michael tonry addresses these paradoxes with passion and lucidity drawing on a vast compendium of the latest statistical legal and social science research he takes on the explosive issues of race crime and punishment as unconventional as he is committed tonry confronts uncomfortable truths head on on the one hand he is outraged by politicians talk of willy horton and welfare queens the texts may be crime and welfare tonry writes but the subtext is race while . Malign neglect race crime and punishment in america tonry michael isbn 9780195077209 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Malign neglect race crime and punishment in america by tonry michael h publication date 1995 topics criminal justice administration of discrimination in criminal justice administration criminal justice administration of discrimination in criminal justice administration strafrechtspflege rassismus punishment united states publisher new york oxford university press collection . Malign neglect race crime and punishment in america michael tonry despite the perennial claims of politicians that our courts are coddling hardened criminals the fact is that america already sends a higher proportion of its citizens to prison and for longer terms than any other western nation yet despite well documented and mounting evidence that increased penalties alone cannot reduce crime the reagan and bush administrations repeatedly lobbied for tougher mandatory sentences and . 1997 michael tonry malign neglect race crime and punishment in america current issues in criminal justice vol 9 no 2 pp 202 203