Tony Platt
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Tony Platt

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Tony Platt is a public intellectual, the author of eleven books and 150 essays and articles dealing with issues of criminal justice, race, inequality, and social justice in American history. He taught at the University of Chicago, Berkeley, and California state universities. He is currently a Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at the Center for the Study of Law & Society in Berkeley’s Law School. A founding member of the editorial board of Social Justice, Platt blogs on history and memory at http://GoodToGo.typepad.com.
In addition to scholarly journals, he has published in a wide variety of popular sites, including National Public Radio, Los Angeles Times, History News Network, Truthdig, Huntington Post, The Guardian, and San Francisco Chronicle. In his latest book, Beyond These Walls: Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United States, Platt draws upon a lifetime of research and commitment to social justice to articulate a broad vision and deep historical perspective on the crisis of the American carceral state.
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    • The Scandal of Cal

    • Land Grabs, White Supremacy, and Miseducation at UC Berkeley
    • Written by: Tony Platt
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 2023-11-28
    • Language: English
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    $22.25 or free with 30-day trial

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    • Beyond These Walls

    • Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United States
    • Written by: Tony Platt
    • Narrated by: Jason Culp
    • Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 2019-01-08
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet

    $23.95 or free with 30-day trial