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Race and crime

A comprehensive race and crime text covering contemporary and historical issues
Print Book, English, 2009
Sage, Los Angeles, 2009
XVI, 371 p. ill. 26 cm
9781412967785, 1412967783
1087707283
Preface Acknowledgements Photo Credits and Permissions SECTION ONE: OVERVIEW OF RACE AND CRIME HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS OF RACE AND CRIME IN AMERICA Native Americans African Americans White Ethnics Latino Americans Asian Americans CONCLUSION Internet Activities Internet Sites Discussion Questions SECTION TWO: EXTENT OF CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION HISTORY OF CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION STATISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PROGRAM Victimization Surveys Limitations of Arrest and Victimization Data Definitions of Racial Categories Variations in Reporting and Recording Utilization of Population, Crime, Arrest and Victimization Estimates Arrest Trends Victimization Trends Homicide Victimizations Hate Crime Trends CONCLUSION Internet Activities Internet Sites Discussion Questions SECTION THREE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RACE AND CRIME WHAT IS THEORY Biology, Race and Crime Intelligence, Race and Crime r/K Life History Theory Sociological Explanations Social Disorganization Culture Conflict Theory Strain/Anomie Theory Subcultural Theory The Subculture of Violence Theory The Code of the Streets Conflict Theory The Colonial Model INTEGRATED AND NONTRADITIONAL THEORIES ON RACE AND CRIME Structural-Cultural Theory Abortion, Race and Crime CRITICAL RACE THEORY CONCLUSION Internet Activities Internet Sites Discussion Questions SECTION FOUR: POLICING OVERVIEW OF POLICING IN AMERICA RACE AND POLICING: A HISTORICAL CONTEXT Native Americans African Americans Asian Americans Latinos White Immigrants CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN RACE AND POLICING Citizen Satisfaction with Policing Police Deviance and Accountability Racial Profiling POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY Police Innovations CONCLUSION Internet Activities Internet Sites Discussion Questions SECTION FIVE: COURTS OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN COURTS: ACTORS AND PROCESSES A Note on the Philosophy, Operation and Structure of Native American Courts HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF RACE AND THE COURTS IN AMERICA Native Americans African Americans Latinos Asian Americans CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN RACE AND THE COURTS Bail and the Pretrial Process Race and the Pretrial Process Recent Scholarship on Bail and the Pretrial Process Legal Counsel Defense Counsel Statewide Study of Pennsylvania's Public Defense System Plea Bargaining Jury Selection Voir Dire Jury Nullification DRUG COURTS Structure and Philosophy of Drug Courts Effectiveness of Drug Courts CONCLUSION Internet Activities Internet Sites Discussion Questions SECTION SIX: SENTENCING SENTENCING PHILOSOPHIES Sentencing and Politics The 1980s to 2000s: The Changing Nature of Sentencing Practices The "War on Drugs" HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF RACE AND SENTENCING Punishment in Colonial America Early Colonial Cases Crime and Justice in Colonial New York Early National Sentencing Statistics CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN RACE AND SENTENCING Scholarship on Race and Sentencing Race and Misdemeanor Sentencing CONCLUSION Internet Activities Internet Sites Discussion Questions SECTION SEVEN: THE DEATH PENALTY SIGNIFICANT DEATH PENALTY CASES Historical Overview on Race and the Death Penalty CURRENT STATISTICS ON THE DEATH PENALTY Federal Death Penalty Statistics Scholarship on Race and the Death Penalty Substitution/Zimring's Death Penalty Analysis PUBLIC OPINION AND THE DEATH PENALTY Race and Support for the Death Penalty The Marshall Hypothesis Capital Jury Project Wrongful Convictions Death Penalty Moratorium Movement CONCLUSION Internet Activities Internet Sites Discussion Questions SECTION EIGHT: CORRECTIONS OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN CORRECTIONS Public Opinion and Corrections HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF RACE AND CORRECTIONS CONTEMPORARY STATE OF CORRECTIONS Explaining Racial Disparities in Corrections Prisoner Reentry Concerns Felon Disenfranchisement Political Prisoners CONCLUSION Internet Activities Internet Sites Discussion Questions SECTION NINE: JUVENILE JUSTICE OVERVIEW OF JUVENILE JUSTICE THE HISTORY OF RACE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE The Child Savers Juvenile Courts JUVENILE CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION DATA ON YOUTH IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN RACE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE Disproportionate Minority Confinement The Future of DMC Minority Female Delinquency Juveniles, Race and the Death Penalty Delinquency Prevention CONCLUSION Internet Activities Internet Sites Discussion Questions SECTION TEN: CONCLUSION Appendix A Index About the Authors