| Description |
xviii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Overview of race and crime -- Historical antecedents of race and crime in America -- Native Americans -- African Americans -- White ethnics -- Latino Americans -- Asian Americans -- Conclusion -- Internet activities -- 2. Extent of crime -- History of crime statistics in the United States -- The Uniform Crime Reporting program -- Victimization surveys -- Limitations of arrest and victimization data -- Definitions of racial categories -- Variations in reporting and recording -- Utilization of population, crime, arrest, and victimization estimates -- Arrest trends -- Victimization trends -- Hate crime trends -- Conclusion -- Internet activities -- 3. Theoretical perspectives on race and crime -- What is theory? -- Biology, race, and crime -- Intelligence, race, and crime -- r/K life history theory -- Sociological explanations -- Social disorganization -- Culture conflict theory -- Strain/anomie theory -- Subcultural theory -- The subculture of violence theory -- The code of the streets -- Conflict theory -- The colonial model -- Integrated and nontraditional theories on race and crime -- Structural-cultural theory -- Abortion, race, and crime -- Conclusion -- Internet activities -- 4. Policing -- Overview of policing in America -- Race and policing : a historical context -- Native Americans -- African Americans -- Asians -- Latinos -- White immigrants -- Contemporary issues in race and policing -- Citizen satisfaction with police -- Police deviance and accountability -- Racial profiling -- Police accountability -- Police innovations -- Conclusion -- Internet activities -- |
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5. Courts -- Overview of American courts : actors and processes -- A note on the philosophy, operation, and structure of Native American courts -- Historical overview of race and the courts in America -- Native Americans -- African Americans -- Latinos -- Asian Americans -- Contemporary issues in race and the courts -- Bail and pretrial process -- Race and pretrial release -- Recent scholarship on bail and pretrial release -- Legal counsel -- Defense counsel -- Statewide study of Pennsylvania's public defense system -- Plea bargaining -- Jury selection -- Voir dire -- Jury nullification -- Drug courts -- Structure and philosophy of drug courts -- Effectiveness of drug courts -- Recent drug court studies -- Conclusion -- Internet activities -- 6. Sentencing -- Sentencing philosophies -- Sentencing and politics -- The 1980s and 1990s : the punitive decades -- The "war on drugs" -- Historical overview of race and sentencing -- Punishment in colonial America -- Early colonial cases -- Crime and justice in colonial New York -- Early national sentencing statistics -- Contemporary issues in race and sentencing -- Felony sentencing in state courts -- Scholarship on race and sentencing -- Recent studies on race and sentencing -- Race and misdemeanor sentencing -- Minority judges -- Race and the death penalty -- Historical overview -- Significant death penalty cases -- Current statistics on the death penalty -- State death penalty statistics -- Federal death penalty statistics -- Zimring's death penalty analysis -- Public opinion and the death penalty -- Race and support for the death penalty -- The Marshall hypotheses -- Wrongful convictions -- Death penalty moratorium movement -- Conclusion -- Internet activities -- |
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7. Corrections -- Overview of American corrections -- Public opinion and corrections -- Historical overview of race and corrections -- Contemporary state of corrections -- Contemporary issues in race and corrections -- Explaining racial disparities in corrections -- Prisoner reentry concerns -- Felon disenfranchisement -- Political prisoners -- Conclusion -- Internet activities -- 8. Juvenile justice -- Overview of juvenile justice -- The history of race and juvenile justice -- The child savers -- Juvenile courts -- Extent of juvenile crime and victimization -- Data of juvenile justice -- Contemporary issues in race and juvenile justice -- Disproportionate minority confinement -- The future of DMC -- Minority female delinquency -- Juveniles, race, and the death penalty -- Delinquency prevention -- Conclusion -- Internet activities. |
| Subject |
Crime and race -- United States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
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Minorities -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Greene, Helen Taylor, 1949-
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| ISBN |
0761929487 paperback |
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9780761929482 paperback |
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