An assessment of Black crime, delinquency, and the criminal justice system /
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| Author / Creator: | Chambers, James A. |
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| Imprint: | Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2002. |
| Description: | xv, 355 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Criminology studies ; 17 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4739231 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgement
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Children, Poverty and Delinquency
- Factors That Preclude Justice
- Class, Familial Structure and Conflict
- Class and Race
- Perceived Social Pathologies and The Black Family
- Theoretical Weaknesses In The Explanations of Black Crime and Delinquency
- Case Illustrations
- Why The Panic?
- Differential Responses
- The Police and Official Street Justice
- Court, Symbols and Agendas
- The Juvenile Court
- Criminal Court
- What Can Be Expected
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Name Index
