œwe-them†mentality of modern law enforcement. Crank’s contention that it is not law enforcement but the state of America that has something rotten about it is echoed by other authors dealing with other aspects of the criminal justice system, like the court system described by Malcolm M. Feeley. Crank’s discussion of racism goes far deeper than racism in law enforcement, it speaks of the continuing tensions and class divisions wrought in society by the growing number of large impoverished minority communities. When Crank admits no one is quite so naïve or insensate to deny the presence of racism in American law enforcement, he does argue that it is a symptom of a much deeper problem whose roo
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