The many colors of crime
Subtitle: inequalities of race, ethnicity, and crime in America
By: edited by Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo, and John Hagan.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Description: Considering race and ethnicity as organising principles in why, how, where and by whom crimes are committed and enforced, this volume argues that dimensions of race and ethnicity condition the very laws that make certain behaviours criminal, and the determination of who becomes a victim of crime under which circumstances.