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Racial issues in criminal justice : the case of African Americans / edited by Marvin D. Free, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Criminal justice, delinquency, and corrections 1535-0371
- Criminal justice, delinquency, and corrections, 1535-0371
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- United States.
- Race discrimination--United States.
- Race discrimination.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- x, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1 Race and Criminal Justice in the United States: Some Introductory Remarks / Marvin D. Free, Jr. 1
- Part I. The Significance of Race in American Society: Past and Present 17
- 2 Marginalization and Racial Stratification in the Academic Discipline of Criminal Justice / Robert Engvall 21
- 3 Slavery's Legacy? Private Prisons and Mass Imprisonment / Michael A. Hallett 39
- 4 The Color of Prime-Time Justice: Racial Characteristics of Television Offenders and Victims / Sarah Eschholz 59
- Part II. Criminal Justice Responses to Crime and African Americans 77
- 5 Picasso as a Criminologist: The Abstract Art of Racial Profiling / Michael J. Lynch, Amie M. Schuck 81
- 6 "Driving While Black": Corollary Phenomena and Collateral Consequences / Katheryn K. Russell 97
- 7 A Critical Examination of Hate Crime Scholarship and the Underrepresentation of African Americans in Victimization Research / Bryan D. Byers, Paul J. Becker, Kelly J. Opiola 113
- 8 Race and Presentencing Decisions: The Cost of Being African American / Marvin D. Free, Jr. 137
- 9 Trying Juveniles as Adults: A Case of Racial and Ethnic Bias? / Becky Tatum 159
- 10 The Racist Application of Capital Punishment to African Americans / David V. Baker 177
- Part III. Seeking Solutions 203
- 11 Do African American Police Make a Difference? / Helen Taylor Greene 207
- 12 The Myth of Black Juror Nullification: Racism Dressed Up in Jurisprudential Clothing / Elissa Krauss, Martha Schulman 221
- 13 Embracing Affirmative Jury Selection for Racial Fairness / Hiroshi Fukurai 239
- 14 How "Restorative" Is Restorative Justice? An Oppression Theory Critique / Robert Conners 255.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275975622
- OCLC:
- 51222072
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