Pirate Read 2016-2017: Just Mercy: Explore Topics

Listed below are some subject headings related to issues discussed in the book. These subject headings will take you to the library's catalog to find books on these topics in the ECU Libraries' collections. Ask a Librarian for assistance. If you do not find a book that interests you in the ECU Libraries' collections, you may search WorldCat and request that items be borrowed from other libraries through interlibrary loan -- it is free to do so.

• African Americans--Crimes Against
• Capital punishment (death penalty)
• Crime and race
• Criminal justice, Administration of
• Criminology
• Discrimination in capital punishment
• Discrimination in justice administration
• Discrimination in juvenile justice administration
• Imprisonment
• Judicial Error
• Juvenile Delinquency (includes crimes by children)
• Legal assistance to the poor
• Police
• Police Brutality
• Public Defenders
• Public interest law
• Race discrimination
• Sentences (Criminal procedure)
• Victims of Crimes

The following ECU offices and academic programs, among others, are related to themes in the book.

The Congressional Quarterly Researcher has published a number of detailed analyses of topics addressed in the book. Click below to read these informative reports.

The University of Richmond created the following two detailed lists of materials referenced in Just Mercy.