Underground codes : race, crime, and related fires / Katheryn Russell-Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell-Brown, Katheryn, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Discrimination in law enforcement--United States.

Discrimination in law enforcement.

Crime and race--United States.

Crime and race.

Minorities--United States.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention. Americans fear crime, are rattled by race and avoid honest discussions of both. Anxiety, denial, miscommunication, and ignorance abound. Imaginary connections between minorities and crime become real, self-fulfilling prophecies and authentic links to race, class, gender and crime go unexplored. Katheryn Russell-Brown, author of the highly acclaimed The Color of Crime , makes her way through this intellectual minefield, determined to shed light on the most persistent and perplexing domestic policy issues. The author tack

Contents:

"Petit aparteid" in the justice system

American Indians and crime : invisible minorities and the weight of justice

Gangsta rap and crime : any relationship?

Policing communities, policing race

Black protectionism

In the crosshairs : racial profiling and living while Black

Black women and the justice system : raced and gendered into submission

Race facts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.

ISBN:

0-8147-6924-1

1-4175-6852-6

OCLC:

779828274