Race and Crime

A Text/Reader

Shaun L Gabbidon author Helen Taylor-Greene author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc

Published:9th Jun '11

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A unique text/reader that provides an overview of both historical and contemporary race and crime issues

This innovative text/reader from pre-eminent authors and researchers Helen Taylor Greene and Shaun Gabbidon combines textual material with recent, carefully edited articles from well-known and emerging scholars. The articleshave beenpublished in leading criminology and criminal justice journals, such as Crime & Delinquency, Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, and Theoretical Criminology. The book explores historical and contemporary issues such as race as a social construct; the treatment of minorities and immigrants in American history; explanations of race and crime; disproportionate arrest, victimization, and confinement; racial profiling; wrongful convictions; and the "War on Drugs."

ISBN: 9781412989077

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 820g

504 pages