The color of justice : race, ethnicity, and crime in America /
From racial profiling to the issues surrounding immigration and the death penalty, controversies involving race and ethnicity pervade the criminal justice system. This work is a book on the current research and theories of racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination within America's criminal just...
| Основен автор: | Walker, Samuel, 1942- |
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| Други автори: | Spohn, Cassia., DeLone, Miriam. |
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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Belmont, CA :
Wadsworth/Cengage Learning,
©2007.
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| Издание: | 4th ed. |
| Серия: |
Contemporary issues in crime and justice series.
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Table of contents |
Съдържание:
- Race, Ethnicity and Crime: the Present Crisis. The colors of America: racial and ethnic categories ; The geography of racial and ethnic justice ; Disparity versus discrimination ; A theoretical perspective on race, ethnicity, and crime
- Victims and Offenders: Myths and Realities About Crime. A broader picture of the crime victim ; Picture of the typical offender ; Crime as an intraracial event ; Crime as an interracial (hate) event ; Ethnic youth gangs.
- Race, Ethnicity, Social Structure, and Crime. The images from hurricane Katrina ; Economic inequality ; Community social structure.
- Residential segregation ; Theoretical perspectives on inequality and crime ; Inequality and social reform.
- Justice on the Street? : the Police and Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Unequal justice? ; A long history of conflict ; The police and a changing America ; Public attitudes about the police ; Policing racial and ethnic minority communities ; Police use of deadly force ; "Police brutality" : police use of physical force ; Discrimination in arrests? ; Traffic stops: racial profiling ; Street stops and frisks ; Verbal abuse ; Police officer attitudes and behavior ; Police corruption and people of color ; Police-community relations programs ; Citizen complaints against the police ; Citizen oversight of the police ; Police employment practices.
- The Courts: a Quest for Justice During the Pretrial Process. The situation today ; Decisions regarding counsel and bail ; Charging and plea bargaining decisions.
- Justice on the Bench? : Trial and Adjudication in Criminal Court. Selection of the jury pool ; The peremptory challenge: racial profiling in the courtroom? ; Playing the "race card" in a criminal trial.
- Race and Sentencing: In Search of Fairness and Justice. Racial disparity insentencing ; Empirical research on race and sentencing ; When does race/ethnicity matter? ; Sentencing reform: the quest for a just punishment system.
- The Color of Death: Race and the Death Penalty. The constitutionality of the death penalty ; Attitudes toward capital punishment ; Race and the death penalty: the empirical evidence ; McCleskey v. Kemp: the Supreme Court and racial discrimination in the application of the death penalty ; The death penalty in the 21st century.
- Corrections in America: a Colorful Portrait, Corrections vs. College: Minorities in Society. The incarcerated: prison and jail populations ; Jails and minorities ; Community corrections ; Theoretical perspectives on the racial distribution of correctional populations.
- Minority Youth and Crime: Minority Youth in Court. Young racial minorities as victims and offenders ; Juveniles of color and the police
- Race/ethnicity and the juvenile justice system ; Juveniles under correctional supervision.
- The Color of Justice. Race, crime, and justice.