基本説明
In 1993 Scarce, a sociologist, was imprisoned for contempt of court. For five months he refused to testify about his interviews with animal rights activists. Now Scarce tells of his jailing and the rationale behind his ethical stance.
Full Description
In 1993 Rik Scarce was imprisoned for contempt of court in Spokane, Washington. For five months he refused to testify to a federal grand jury about his interviews with animal rights activists after they had broken into a research laboratory, and his story made headlines in numerous newspapers. Now Scarce tells of his jailing and the rationale behind his ethical stance, bringing an ethnographer's trained sensibility and a journalist's storytelling skill to his tale. Viewed as an outsider even by his fellow inmates, Scarce gained from his imprisonment a painful, rare glimpse of the jail world. This text raises serious questions about the failures of the American justice system and protection of civil liberties, and is a valuable resource for criminologists, sociologists, and corrections professionals.
Contents
1 Foreword 2 Acknowledgements 3 Cast of Characters and Glossary 4 Chapter 1: A Sense of Justice 5 Chapter 2: Kicking Uncle Sam's Ass 6 Chapter 3: Find Me Some Amendments 7 Chapter 4: The Meaning of Devotion 8 Chapter 5: I'd Gladly Die Right Now 9 Chapter 6: Joint Joints 10 Chapter 7: A Final Rollup 11 Chapter 8: Some Things Do Not Come to Pass 12 About the Author
