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Police and Jail Treatment of Detroit Negro Riot Arrestees.
Presents both statistical data and quotations from interviews of a sample of 233 Negro male arrestees.
Racism in American Law
Assesses quality of justice meted out by American courts to blacks; states need for more black lawyers
Report on Detroit Police Department Policy of "Arrests for Investigation"
(Reprinted as p.505-509 of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Hearings in Detroit, Michigan, December 14, 1960 and December 15, 1960. Washington, D.C., U.S. Govt. Print Off., 1961) After considering Police Department's Defenses, reiterates opposition…
The Black Muslims as the Negro Segregationists
Describes Detroit origins of the movement; evaluates educational program.
The Detroit Riot
Wayne County Prosecutor describes arrest and trial procedures for offenders as view by his office, in the 1967.
The Negro Offender in a Northern Industrial Area
Study compares social, psychological and occupational differences between Negros and whites in the 1951 population of state prison at Jackson.
The New Bethel Report: The Law on Trial
In this examination of whether the judge acted in good faith "with ample legal basis," concludes Recorder's Court Judge Crockett's "rulings were plausibly based on law."
Youth Attitudes toward the Police and Law Enforcement: a Conceptual Analysis.
Hostility toward police is not widespread, although most important variable in attitudes toward police is race, in Muskegon Heights, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo.