CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction: Legal Plunder 1
4. 1 Predation in Theory, History, and Practice 19
5. PART ONE Operations
6. 2 Predatory Uses of Police and Courts 53
7. 3 Predatory Uses of Custody and Supervision 85
8. PART TWO Development
9. 4 Reconstructing Criminal Justice Predation 113
10. 5 Justifying Criminal Justice Predation 139
11. PART THREE Making Bail
12. 6 The Predatory Dimensions of Pretrial Release 167
13. 7 Regulated Improvisation at the Front Lines 189
14. 8 The Intersectional Logic of Bail Predation 213
15. PART FOUR Significance and Struggle
16. 9 What Do Predatory Criminal Legal Practices Do? 239
17. 10 Political Struggle and the Fight to End Predation 271
18. Conclusion: Predation, Inquiry, and Politics 303
19. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 323
20. APPENDIX Methodology and Ethics 325
21. NOTES 337
22. INDEX 423