Roots of African American violence : ethnocentrism, cultural diversity, and racism / Darnell F. Hawkins, Jerome B. McKean, Norman A. White, and Christine Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawkins, Darnell Felix, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime and race--United States.

Crime and race.

United States.

Crime--Sociological aspects.

Crime.

African American criminals.

African Americans--Crimes against.

African Americans.

African Americans--Violence against.

Violence--United States.

Violence.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

x, 267 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2017.

Summary:

What explains the well-documented racial disparities in rates of homicide and other acts of criminal violence in the United States? Critically confronting the conventional narratives that purport to answer this question, the authors of Roots of African American Violence offer an alternative framework--one that acknowledges the often hidden cultural diversity and within-race ethnocentrism that exists in black communities. Their provocative work, drawing insights from criminology, criminal justice, anthropology, and sociology, is a seminal step in efforts to understand the intersection of race and violence.

Contents:

Exploring the roots of African American violence

Looking back, moving forward: theories of race and crime

Toward a theory of African American violence

Science, ideology, and the study of ethnocentrism

On the conceptual roots of ethnocentrism

Boxed in: ethnocentrism and urban violence

Old guards and newcomers: ethnocentric white America

Melting pot blues: ethnocentric black America

A tale of two cities: race and homicide in Chicago and St. Louis

Public policy to prevent violence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781626376052

1626376050

OCLC:

961156617