| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 213 pages) |
| Series |
Critical America |
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Critical America.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Media Messages; 2 The Skin Game; 3 History's Strange Fruit; 4 Discrimination or Disparity?; 5 Are We Still Talking about O.J.?; 6 Racial Hoaxes; 7 White Crime; 8 Race and Crime Literacy; Appendix A: Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act of 2000; Appendix B: Racial Hoaxes: Summaries ofNinety-Two Cases; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
When The Color of Crime was first published ten years ago, it was heralded as a path-breaking book on race and crime. Now, in its tenth anniversary year, Katheryn Russell-Brown's book is more relevant than ever. The Jena Six, Duke Lacrosse Team, Amadou Diallo, Sean Bell, James Byrd, and all of those victimized in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are just a few of the racially fueled cases that have made headlines in the past decade. Russell-Brown continues to ask, why do Black and White Americans perceive police actions so differently? Is White fear of Black crime justified? Do African Ameri |
| Analysis |
"Multi-User" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States
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Crime and race -- United States
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African American criminals.
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Racism -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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African American criminals.
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Crime and race.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
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Racism.
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Kriminalität
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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United States.
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008023336 |
| ISBN |
9780814777213 |
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081477721X |
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