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Author Spalek, Basia.

Title Ethnicity and crime : a reader / Basia Spalek
Published Maidenhead, England ; New York : McGraw Hill/Open University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description xviii, 465 pages ; 24 cm
Series Readings in criminology and criminal justice series
Contents 1. Ethnic minorities, crime and criminal justice: a study in a provincial city / Tony Jefferson, Monica Walker and Mary Seneviratne -- 2. Some recent approaches to the study of race in criminological research: race as social process / Simon Holdaway -- 3. Discrimination in the Courts? / Roger Hood -- 4. The Enlightenment and Euro-American theories of the judicial process / Biko Agozino -- 5. The race and crime debate / John Lea and Jock Young -- 6. The myth of black criminality / Paul Gilroy -- 7. Tolerance, freedom, justice and peace? Britain, Australia and anti-Muslim racism since 11 September 2001 / Scott Poynting and Victoria Mason -- 8. Introduction to The Asian Gang / C. Alexander -- 9. Racist violence in Europe: challenges for official data collection / Jo Goodey -- 10. Racial victimization: an experiential analysis / Dhanwant K. Rai and Barnor Hesse -- 11. Racism and victimization / Benjamin Bowling -- 12. Woman abuse in London's black communities / Amina Mama -- 13. Political Blackness and British Asians / Tariq Modood -- 14. Racism, ethnicity and criminology: developing minority perspectives / Coretta Phillips and Benjamin Bowling -- 15. Constructing whiteness: the intersections of race and gender in US white supremacist discourse / Abby L. Ferber -- 16. Researching black Muslim women's lives: a critical reflection / Basia Spalek -- 17. Criminology and orientalism / Anita Kalunta-Crumpton -- 18. Can Macpherson succeed where Scarrnan failed? / Michael O'Byme -- 19. (In)visible barriers: the experience of Asian employees in the probation service / G. Heer
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography : pages [441]-443
Includes web resources
Subject Crime and race.
Racism in criminology.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Race relations.
ISBN 0335223788 hardback
9780335223787 hardback
0335223796 paperback
9780335223794 paperback