Underground codes
Subtitle: race, crime, and related fires
By: Katheryn Russell-Brown
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States; Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States; Crime and race -- United States; Minorities -- United States
Description: Challenges the conventional wisdom of criminology on a range of race and crime issues, from outdated research methods that perpetuate stereotypes about African Americans, women, and crime to the over hyped discourse about gangsta rap and law breaking., Russell-Brown challenges the conventional wisdom of criminology. Delves into understudied topics such as victimization rates for Native Americansamong the highest of any racial groupand how racial profiling affects the day-to-day lives of people of color. [Publisher web site].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index
Table of contents: title: "Petit aparteid" in the justice system; title: American Indians and crime : invisible minorities and the weight of justice; title: Gangsta rap and crime : any relationship?; title: Policing communities, policing race; title: Black protectionism; title: In the crosshairs : racial profiling and living while Black; title: Black women and the justice system : raced and gendered into submission; title: Race facts