The color of justice
Subtitle: race, ethnicity, and crime in America
By: Samuel Walker, Cassia Spohn, Miriam DeLone.
Contributors: Spohn, Cassia.; DeLone, Miriam.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Contemporary issues in crime and justice series
Publisher: Wadsworth Thomson Learning; Wadsworth/Thomson Learning
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Australia; Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States; Race discrimination -- United States; Ethnicity -- United States; Social structure -- United States; Minorities -- Crimes against -- United States; Police misconduct -- United States; United States -- Race relations; United States -- Social conditions
Description: "Comprehensive and balanced, The Color of Justice is the definitive book on current research and theories of racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination within America's criminal justice system. The authors synthesize the best and most recent research on patterns of criminal behavior and victimization, police practices, court processing and sentencing, the death penalty, and correctional programs - giving you the facts and theoretical foundation to make your own informed decisions about discrimination in the system."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-298) and index.