African-American Males and the U.S. Justice System of Marginalization: A National Tragedy

A National Tragedy
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-48936-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 122 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 178 g

African-American Males and the US Justice System of Marginalization provides an overview of the economic and social status of African-American males in America, which continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate. Weatherspoon posits that in every American institutional system, from birth to death, the journey of African-American males to achieve racial justice and equity in this country is ignored, marginalized, and exploited. The American justice system, in particular, has permitted and in some cases sanctioned the marginalization of African-American males as full citizens. Weatherspoon examines the idea that African-American males are disproportionately represented in every aspect of the criminal justice system, and that the marginalization of African-American males in America has a long and treacherous history that continues to negatively impact their economic, political, and social status.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weatherspoon, Floyd

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Stereotypical Biases Against African-American Males 2. Racial Injustice in the Criminal Justice System 3. Civil Justice System and Other Institutional Systems 4. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Floyd Weatherspoon is Professor of Law at Capital University Law School, USA. He is nationally recognized as a leading scholar on the status of African-American males and has served as a Commissioner and Vice-Chairman of the Ohio Commission on African-American Males.