Race and Crime

Sixth Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-0718-1315-7
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 824 g

Written by two of the most prominent criminologists in the field, Race and Crime, Sixth Edition takes an incisive look at the intersection of race and ethnicity and the criminal justice system. A thought-provoking discussion of contemporary issues uniquely balances the historical context and modern data and research to offer students a panoramic perspective on race and crime.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gabbidon, Shaun L

Taylor-Greene, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Sixth Edition
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Overview of Race and Crime
Chapter 2: Extent of Crime and Victimization
Chapter 3: Theoretical Perspectives on Race and Crime
Chapter 4: Policing
Chapter 5: Courts
Chapter 6: Sentencing
Chapter 7: The Death Penalty
Chapter 8: Corrections
Chapter 9: Juvenile Justice
Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Taylor-Greene, Helen
Helen Taylor Greene is Professor of Administration of Justice in the Barbara Jordan–Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs (SPA) at Texas Southern University (TSU). She completed her BS in Sociology at Howard University, her MS in the Administration of Justice at American University, and both her MA in Political Science and PhD in Criminology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her areas of research include race and crime, juvenile justice, and policing. She has authored and co-authored books, has peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and has served as lead editor for the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (2009).

Gabbidon, Shaun L
Shaun L. Gabbidon is Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg. He earned his PhD in Criminology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Gabbidon has served as a fellow at Harvard University’s W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research and as an adjunct faculty member in the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His areas of interest include race and crime, criminal justice and criminology pedagogy, and private security. Professor Gabbidon is the author of more than 100 scholarly publications, including 60 peer-reviewed articles and 11 books.