The many colors of crime : inequalities of race, ethnicity, and crime in America /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Peterson, Ruth D, Krivo, Lauren Joy, Hagan, John, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, c2006
Series:New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Inequalities of race, ethnicity, and crime in America / Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo, and John Hagan
  • Cultural mechanisms and killing fields : a revised theory of community-level racial inequality / Robert J. Sampson and Lydia Bean
  • Conceptualizing race and ethnicity in studies of crime and criminal justice / Marjorie S. Zatz and Nancy Rodriguez
  • Demythologizing the "criminalblackman" : the carnival mirror / Vernetta Young
  • Race and the justice workforce : toward a system perspective / Geoff K. Ward
  • Toward an understanding of the lower rates of homicide in Latino versus Black neighborhoods : a look at Chicago / Marøa B. Vélez
  • Extending ethnicity and violence research in a multi-ethnic city : Haitian, African American, and Latino non-lethal violence / Ramiro Martinez, Jr. and Amie L. Nielsen
  • Crime and deviance in the "black belt" : African American youth in rural and non-rural developmental contexts / Alexander T. Vazsonyi and Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo
  • Crime at the intersections : race, class, gender, and violent offending / Stacy De Coster and Karen Heimer
  • Race, inequality, and gender violence : a contextual examination / Toya Z. Like and Jody Miller
  • Is the gap between Black and white arrest rates narrowing? : national trends for personal contact crimes, 1960 to 2002 / Gary LaFree, Robert O'Brien, and Eric Baumer
  • Race, labor markets, and neighborhood violence / Robert D. Crutchfield, Ross L. Matsueda, and Kevin Drakulich
  • Drug markets in minority communities : consequences for Mexican American youth gangs / Avelardo Valdez
  • Perceptions of crime and safety in racially and economically distinct neighborhoods / Lauren J. Krivo, Ruth D. Peterson, and Diana Karafin
  • Neighborhood, race, and the economic consequences of incarceration in New York City, 1985-1996 / Alex R. Piquero ... [et al.]
  • Creating racial disadvantage : the case of crack cocaine / Doris Marie Provine
  • Transforming communities : formal and informal mechanisms of social control / Wenona Rymond-Richmond
  • Toward a developmental and comparative conflict theory of race, ethnicity, and perceptions of criminal injustice / Carla Shedd and John Hagan
  • Race and neighborhood codes of violence / Ross L. Matsueda, Kevin Drakulich, and Charis E. Kubrin
  • Conclusion: A deeper understanding of race, ethnicity, crime, and criminal justice / Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo, and John Hagan