Race, ethnicity, crime, and justice
By: edited by Matthew B. Robinson
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781611636376
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Crime and race; Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Description: "Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice examines key facts related to the relationship between race and ethnicity and criminal justice practices at the juvenile and adult levels. Designed to be brief yet thorough, the text covers the most important issues related to race and ethnicity as they pertain to the law, crime and delinquency, policing, courts, and corrections. Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice is intended to provide an in-depth account of what is known about race and ethnicity and how these factors impact justice processing in the United States. The book is highly readable and classroom friendly while also making a meaningful contribution to the literature on the topic"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction to race and ethnicity / by Matthew Robinson; title: Introduction to criminal and juvenile justice / by Beverly Crank; title: How race and ethnicity impact the criminal law / by Matthew Robinson; title: Relationships between race, ethnicity and crime / by Catherine D. Marcum and Bethany Poff; title: Policing in a multicultural society / by Tammatha Clodfelter and Matthew Robinson; title: The courts in a color-blind society / by Marian Williams; title: How race and ethnicity impact criminal sentencing / by Rhys Hester; title: Race, ethnicity, and corrections / by Barbara H. Zaitzow; title: Race, ethnicity, and the death penalty in America / by Jefferson Holcomb; title: Race, ethnicity, and juvenile justice / by Jason Williams; title: Summary and the future / by Matthew Robinson.