The system in black and white : exploring the connections between race, crime, and justice /
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| Imprint: | Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000. |
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| Description: | xv, 294 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4288317 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I. Race and the Study of Crime
- Chapter 1. Theoretical Explanations of the Nexus between Race and Crime
- Chapter 2. The Alchemy of Race and Crime Research
- Chapter 3. Deconstructing the Association of Race and Crime: The Salience of Skin Color
- Chapter 4. The Empirical Status of the Black-Subculture-of-Violence Thesis
- Part II. Policing, Race, and Justice
- Chapter 5. Determinants of Black-to-White Arrest Differentials: A Review of the Literature
- Chapter 6. Understanding the Connections between Race and Police Violence
- Chapter 7. The King-Denney Tapes: Their Analysis and Implications for Police Use of Force Training
- Chapter 8. The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Police Profiles
- Chapter 9. Conceptual Incarceration: A Thirteenth-Amendment Look at African Americans and Policing
- Chapter 10. Black and White Perceptions of the Appropriateness of Police Conduct
- Part III. Race, Courts, and the Law
- Chapter 11. Race as a Legal Construct: The Implications for American Justice
- Chapter 12. The Impact of Racial Demography on Jury Verdicts in Routine Adjudication
- Chapter 13. Race and Ethnic Bias in Sentencing Decisions: A Review and Critique of the Literature
- Chapter 14. Media Images and the Victimization of Black Women: Exploring the Impact of Sexual Stereotyping on Prosecutorial Decision Making
- Part IV. Racial Dimensions of Punishment and Delinquency
- Chapter 15. The Significance of Race in the Use of Restitution
- Chapter 16. Diversity in a Jail Work Setting: Evaluating the Impact of Racial Intolerance
- Chapter 17. Overrepresentation of Minority Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Discrimination or Disproportionality of Delinquent Acts?
- Chapter 18. Substance Abuse and Race in a Delinquent Population
- Chapter 19. Prisons as "Safe Havens" for African-American Women
- Index
- About the Editors and Contributors
