Law

LAW'S INFAMY

Understanding the Canon of Bad Law Edited by AUSTIN SARAT, LAWRENCE DOUGLAS, and MARTHA M. UMPHREY

An analysis of how problematic laws ought to be framed and considered

However abhorrent a legal decision might be—whether Dred Scott v. Sanford or Plessy v. Ferguson—the stories we tell of the law’s failures refer to their injustice and rarely label them in the language of infamy. Law’s Infamy seeks to alter that course by making legal actions and decisions the subject of an inquiry about infamy. Taken together, the essays demonstrate how legal institutions themselves engage in infamous actions and urge that scholars and activists to label them as such.

Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. Lawrence Douglas is the James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought and Chair of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought at Amherst College. Martha M. Umphrey is Bertrand H. Snell 1894 Professor in American Government in the Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College, and President of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. December 2021 288 pages • 6 x 9 Paper • $30.00S(£22.99) 9781479812097 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781479812080

Law

TRUTH AND EVIDENCE

NOMOS LXIV

Edited by MELISSA SCHWARTZBERG and PHILIP KITCHER

Explores the challenges of governing in a post-truth world

In Truth and Evidence, the latest installment in the NOMOS series, Melissa Schwartzberg and Philip Kitcher bring together a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars in political science, law, and philosophy to explore the most pressing questions about the role of truth, evidence, and knowledge in government. In nine timely essays, contributors examine what constitutes political knowledge, who counts as an expert, how we should weigh evidence, and what can be done to address deep disinformation. Essential reading for our fraught political moment, Truth and Evidence considers the importance of truth in the face of widespread efforts to turn it into yet another tool of political power.

Melissa Schwartzberg is Silver Professor of Politics at New York University. Philip Kitcher is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Columbia University. November 2021 240 pages • 5.5 x 8.25 Cloth • $65.00X(£52.00) 9781479811595 In NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy

Politics

September 2021 272 pages • 6 x 9 7 black & white illustrations Cloth • $55.00S(£44.00) 9781479811014

Law

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY LAW AND THE AMERICAN LABOR MARKET

JON C. DUBIN

How social security disability law is out of touch with the contemporary American labor market

In this book, Jon C. Dubin challenges the contemporary policies for determining disability benefits and work assessment. He posits the fundamental questions: where are the jobs for persons with significant medical and vocational challenges? Dubin demystifies the system, showing us its complex inner mechanisms and flaws, its history and evolution, and how changes in the labor market have rendered some agency processes obsolete. Dubin lays out how those who advocate eviscerating program coverage and needed life support benefits in the guise of modernizing these procedures would reduce the capacity for the Social Security Administration to function properly and serve its intended beneficiaries, and argues that the disability system should instead be “mended, not ended.”

Jon C. Dubin is Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of Law, and Associate Dean for Clinical Education at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey.

January 2022 256 pages • 6 x 9 4 black & white illustrations Cloth • $45.00S(£36.00) 9781479800346

Law

TAX AND TIME

On the Use and Misuse of Legal Imagination ANTHONY C. INFANTI

How tax law perpetuates injustice but might instead be used as a powerful force for creating a more just and equitable society

Tax and Time sheds light on two of the most misunderstood universal human experiences: time and taxes. Anthony C. Infanti asserts that time in tax law is the product of pure imagination and calls into question the world beyond time that we have created for ourselves. Written with clarity and powerful insight, Tax and Time demonstrates how the tax laws have been used to imaginatively manipulate time in ways that perpetuate economic and social injustice. Infanti calls for a systematic reexamination and reworking of the relationship between time and tax law, asserting that the power of the legal imagination to manipulate time in tax law can both correct past injustices and help us to envision—and actually work toward—a better and more just society.

Anthony C. Infanti is the Christopher C. Walthour, Sr. Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and author of Our Selfish Tax Laws: Toward Tax Reform That Mirrors Our Better Selves.

BODIES IN EVIDENCE

Race, Gender, and Science in Sexual Assault Adjudication HEATHER R. HLAVKA AND SAMEENA MULLA

Uncovers how the process of sexual assault adjudication reinforces inequality and becomes a public spectacle of violence

Bodies in Evidence draws on observations of over 680 court appearances in Milwaukee County’s felony sexual assault courts, as well as interviews with judges, attorneys, forensic scientists, jurors, sexual assault nurse examiners, and victim advocates. It shows how forensic science helps to propagate public misunderstandings of sexual violence by bestowing an aura of authority to race and gender stereotypes and inequalities. Expert testimony reinforces the idea that sexual assault is physically and emotionally recognizable and always leaves material evidence. The court’s reliance on the presence of forensic evidence infuses these very familiar stereotypes and myths about sexual assault with new scientific authority.

Heather R. Hlavka is Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Sciences at the Klinger College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University. Sameena Mulla is Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Sciences at the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University. November 2021 304 pages • 6 x 9 6 black & white illustrations Paper • $30.00S(£22.99) 9781479809660 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781479809639

Anthropology

THE GOVERNMENT OF THINGS

Foucault and the New Materialisms

THOMAS LEMKE

Examines the theoretical achievements and the political impact of the new materialisms

Materialism, a rich philosophical tradition that goes back to antiquity, is currently undergoing a renaissance. In The Government of Things, Thomas Lemke provides a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of this “new materialism”. In analyzing the work of Graham Harman, Jane Bennett, and Karen Barad, Lemke articulates what, exactly, new materialism is and how it has evolved. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s concept of a “government of things”, the book also goes beyond new materialist scholarship which tends to displace political questions by ethical and aesthetic concerns. It puts forward a relational and performative account of materialities that more closely attends to the interplay of epistemological, ontological, and political issues.

Thomas Lemke is Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt. He is author of A Critique of Political Reason: Foucault’s Analysis of Modern Governmentality and co-author of Biopolitics: An Advanced Introduction. September 2021 320 pages • 6 x 9 Paper • $30.00S(£22.99) 9781479829934 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781479808816

Sociology

October 2021 256 pages • 6 x 9 8 black & white illustrations Paper • $28.00S(£20.99) 9781479800698 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781479800681 In Alternative Criminology

Criminology

September 2021 384 pages • 6 x 9 24 black & white illustrations Paper • $35.00S(£26.99) 9781479891962 Cloth • 9781479804634 In Latina/o Sociology

Sociology

HALFWAY HOUSE

Prisoner Reentry and the Shadow of Carceral Care LIAM MARTIN

An inside look at the struggles former prisoners face in reentering society

Every year, roughly 650,000 people prepare to reenter society after being released from state and federal prisons. In Halfway House, Liam Martin shines a light on their difficult journeys, taking us behind the scenes at Bridge House, a residential reentry program in Boston, Massachusetts. Drawing on three years of research, Martin explores the obstacles these former prisoners face in the real world. From drug addiction to poverty, he captures the ups and downs of life after incarceration in vivid, engaging detail. He shows us what, exactly, it is like to live in a halfway house, giving us a rare, up-close view of its role in a dense and often confusing web of organizations governing prisoner reentry. Martin asks us to rethink the possibilities—and pitfalls—of using halfway houses to manage the worst excesses of mass incarceration.

Liam Martin is a Lecturer at the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University of Wellington.

LATINAS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Victims, Targets, and Offenders Edited by VERA LOPEZ and LISA PASKO

How Latina girls and women become entangled in the criminal justice system

In Latinas in the Criminal Justice System, Vera Lopez and Lisa Pasko bring together a group of distinguished scholars to provide a more complete, nuanced picture of Latinas as victims, offenders, and targets of deportation. Featuring Cecilia Menjívar, Lisa M. Martinez, Alice Cepeda, and others, this volume examines the complex histories, backgrounds, and struggles of Latinas in the criminal justice system. Topics include Latina victims of crime and their perceptions of police officers; the impact of the US “crimmigration” system on undocumented Latina women; and help-seeking among Latina victims of intimate partner violence. Additionally, key chapters highlight the emergence of legal reforms, community mobilization efforts, and gender-sensitive alternatives to incarceration designed to increase equitable outcomes.

Vera Lopez is a Professor of Justice & Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. Lisa Pasko is Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology and affiliated faculty in the Gender & Women’s Studies Program at the University of Denver.

GHOST CRIMINOLOGY

The Afterlife of Crime and Punishment Edited by MICHAEL FIDDLER, TRAVIS LINNEMANN, and THEO KINDYNIS

The haunting effects of crime, violence, and death in our history, memory, and media spaces

Spaces where violent crimes have occurred can often become forever changed, or “haunted,” in the public imagination. In this volume, an interdisciplinary group of distinguished scholars study this phenomenon, exploring the origins, theory, and methodology of ghost criminology. Ghost Criminology takes us inside spaces where the worst crimes have imprinted themselves on our history, memory, and media spaces. Contributors explore a wide range of these hauntological topics from a criminological perspective, including the excavation of graffiti in the London underground, the phantom of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, during the 2017 riots, and the ghostly evidentiary traces of crime in motel rooms.

Michael Fiddler is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Greenwich. Travis Linnemann is Associate Professor of Sociology at Kansas State University. Theo Kindynis is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. January 2022 384 pages • 6 x 9 22 black & white illustrations Paper • $35.00S(£26.99) 9781479842438 Cloth • $99.00X(£79.00) 9781479885725 In Alternative Criminology

Criminology

THE COMPLEXITIES OF RACE

Identity, Power, and Justice in an Evolving America Edited by CHARMAINE L. WIJEYESINGHE

Illuminates how recent shifts in demographics, policy, culture and thinking have changed how race is understood today

This volume provides new and detailed snapshots of the diverse and complicated ways that race, racism, racial identity, and racial justice are represented, experienced, and addressed in America, offering new ways of understanding the complex dynamics of power and systems of oppression. Each chapter uses a current, real-world example to demonstrate how race works in tandem with other locations of identity, with the aim of showing that a single social identity is rarely at play in issues of social inequality. The Complexities of Race provides readers with inspiration, information, and paths for moving the understanding of race, identity, and social justice forward.

Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe is a consultant in racial identity, intersectionality, and social justice education. December 2021 304 pages • 6 x 9 Paper • $30.00S(£22.99) 9781479801411 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781479801404

Social Science

November 2021 264 pages • 6 x 9 2 black & white illustrations Paper • $30.00S(£22.99) 9781479801220 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781479801213 In Critical Perspectives on Youth

Sociology

February 2022 240 pages • 6 x 9 2 black & white illustrations Paper • $28.00S(£20.99) 9781479838615 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781479821099 In Critical Perspectives on Youth

Sociology

GROWING UP LATINX

Coming of Age in a Time of Contested Citizenship JESICA SIHAM FERNÁNDEZ

Latinx children navigating identity, citizenship, and belonging in a divided America

An estimated sixty million people in the United States are of Latinx descent, with youth under the age of eighteen making up two-thirds of this swiftly growing demographic. In Growing Up Latinx, Jesica Siham Fernández explores the lives of Latinx youth as they grapple with their social and political identities from an early age, and pursue a sense of belonging in their communities as they face an increasingly hostile political climate. Drawing on interviews with nine-to-twelve-year-olds, Fernández gives us rare insight into how Latinx youth understand their own citizenship and bravely forge opportunities to be seen, to be heard, and to belong. With a compassionate eye, she shows us how they strive to identify, and ultimately redefine, what it means to come of age—and fight for their rights—in a country that does not always recognize them.

Jesica Siham Fernández is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at Santa Clara University.

UNACCOMPANIED

The Plight of Immigrant Youth at the Border EMILY RUEHS-NAVARRO

Explores how humanitarian aid workers help and hinder the care of unaccompanied children as they arrive in the United States

Every year, tens of thousands of children cross into the United States without a legal guardian at their side, often fleeing violence and poverty in their countries of origin. In Unaccompanied, Emily Ruehs-Navarro shows us one aspect of their heartbreaking journeys, as seen through the eyes of the aid workers who try—but too often fail—to help them. From legal relief organizations to family reunification specialists, she shows us how different aid workers may choose to work for, with, or against unaccompanied immigrant youth, deciding whether they should be treated as refugees, child dependents, or, in some cases, criminals. Ruehs-Navarro highlights how aid workers, and the systems they represent, often harm the very children they are designed to help. Unaccompanied brings into focus the plight of immigrant youth at the border, illuminating our failure to manage the human casualties of a growing crisis.

Emily Ruehs-Navarro is Professor of Sociology at Elmhurst University.

LIBERTY ROAD

Black Middle-Class Suburbs and the Battle Between Civil Rights and Neoliberalism

GREGORY SMITHSIMON

A unique insight into desegregation in the suburbs and how racial inequality persists

Half of Black Americans who live in the one hundred largest metropolitan areas are now living in suburbs, not cities. In Liberty Road, Gregory Smithsimon shows us how this happened, and why it matters, unearthing the hidden role that suburbs played in establishing the Black middle-class. Focusing on Liberty Road, a Black middle-class suburb of Baltimore, Smithsimon tells the remarkable story of how residents broke the color barrier, against all odds, in the face of racial discrimination, tensions with suburban whites and urban Blacks, and economic crises like the mortgage meltdown of 2008. Drawing on interviews, census data, and archival research he shows us the unique strategies that suburban Black residents in Liberty Road employed, creating a blueprint for other Black middle-class suburbs.

Gregory Smithsimon is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York. February 2022 320 pages • 6 x 9 19 black & white illustrations Paper • $30.00S(£22.99) 9781479861491 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781479845118

Sociology

THE COLORS OF LOVE

Multiracial People in Interracial Relationships MELINDA MILLS

How multiracial people navigate the complexities of race and love

In the United States, more than seven million people claim to be multiracial, or have racially mixed heritage, parentage, or ancestry. In The Colors of Love, Melinda A. Mills explores how multiracial people navigate their complex—and often misunderstood—identities in romantic relationships. Drawing on sixty interviews with multiracial people in interracial relationships, Mills explores how people define and assert their racial identities both on their own and with their partners. She shows us how similarities and differences in identity, skin color, and racial composition shape how multiracial people choose, experience, and navigate love. The Colors of Love broadens our understanding about race and love in the twenty-first century.

Melinda A. Mills is Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Sociology, and Anthropology, and Coordinator of Women’s and Gender Studies at Castleton University. December 2021 320 pages • 6 x 9 24 black & white illustrations Paper • $30.00S(£22.99) 9781479802418 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781479802401

Sociology

Katheryn Russell-Brown is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. She is the author of Protecting Our Own: Race, Crime, and African Americans and Underground Codes: Race, Crime, and Related Fires, and has also written three children’s books, including She Was the First! The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm.

THE COLOR OF

CRIME, third edition

Racial Hoaxes, White Crime, Media Messages, Police Violence, and Other Race-Based Harms

KATHERYN RUSSELL-BROWN

How we can understand race, crime, and punishment in the age of Black Lives Matter

When The Color of Crime was first published in 1998, it was heralded as a path-breaking book on race and crime. Now, in its third edition, Katheryn Russell-Brown’s book is more relevant than ever, as police killings of unarmed Black civilians—such as George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Daniel Prude— continue to make headlines around the world. She continues to ask, why do Black and white Americans perceive police actions so differently? Is white fear of Black crime justified? With three new chapters, over forty new racial hoax cases, and other timely updates, this edition offers an even more expansive view of crime and punishment in the twenty-first century. RussellBrown gives us much-needed insight into some of the most recent racial hoaxes, such as the one perpetrated by Amy Cooper. Should perpetrators of racial hoaxes be charged with a felony? Further, Russell-Brown makes a compelling case for race and crime literacy and the need to address and name White crime. Russell-Brown powerfully concludes the book with a parable that invites readers to imagine what would happen if Blacks decided to abandon the United States. Russell-Brown explores the tacit and subtle ways that crime is systematically linked to people of color. The Color of Crime is a lucid and forceful volume that calls for continued vigilance on the part of scholars, policymakers, journalists, and others in the age of Black Lives Matter.

November 2021 256 pages • 6 x 9 21 black & white illustrations Paper • 9781479843152 • $29.00S£21.99) Cloth • 9781479801749 • $89.00X(£71.00)

Criminology

THE WORLD OF OBSESSIVECOMPULSIVE DISORDER

The Experiences of Living with OCD DANA FENNELL

Beyond trivialization and misunderstanding, the realities of people experiencing OCD

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects millions of people worldwide and looms large in popular culture, for instance when people quip about being “so OCD.” However, this sometimes has little relation to the actual experiences of people diagnosed with the disorder. In The World of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Dana Fennell explores the lives of people who have OCD, giving us fresh insight into a highly misunderstood, trivialized, and sometimes stigmatized mental disorder that has no surefire cure.

Drawing primarily on interviews with people who have OCD, Fennell shows us the diversity of ways the disorder manifests, when and why people come to perceive themselves as having a problem, what treatment options they pursue, and how they make sense of and manage their lives. From those who have obsessions about their sexuality and relationships, to those who check repeatedly to make sure they have not caused harm, she sheds light on the hopes, expectations, and difficulties that people with OCD encounter.

Fennell reveals how people cope in the face of this misunderstood disorder, including how they manage the barriers they face in the workplace and society. An eye-opening read, The World of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder encourages us to consider, empathize with, and take steps to improve the lives of people with mental health issues.

Dana Fennell is Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern Mississippi.

January 2022 288 pages • 6 x 9 9 black & white illustrations Paper • 9781479872343 • $30.00S(£22.99) Cloth • 9781479881406 • $89.00X(£71.00)

Sociology