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Informationen zum Autor Klappentext Provides students with the latest data and coverage of Black, Hispanic, Asian-American and Native American intersections with the criminal justice system. Inhaltsverzeichnis CHAPTER 1. Overview of Race and Crime Race, DNA, Criminal Justice Databases, and Civil Rights Concerns Race, Ethnicity, and the U.S. Population in 2013 Race, Ethnicity, and Population Trends Prejudice and Discrimination Historical Antecedents of Race and Crime in America CHAPTER 2. Extent of Crime and Victimization History of Crime and Victimization Statistics in the United States The Uniform Crime Reporting Program Victimization Surveys Limitations of Arrest and Victimization Data Arrest Trends Victimization Trends CHAPTER 3. Theoretical Perspectives on Race and Crime What Is Theory? Biology, Race, and Crime Sociological Explanations Collective Efficacy Culture Conflict Theory Strain/Anomie Theory General Strain Theory Subcultural Theory Conflict Theory The Colonial Model Integrated and Nontraditional Theories on Race and Crime CHAPTER 4. Policing Overview of Policing in America Historical Overview of Race and Policing Contemporary Issues in Race and Policing CHAPTER 5. Courts Overview of American Courts: Actors and Processes Historical Overview of Race and the Courts in America Contemporary Issues in Race and the Courts Scholarship on Race/Ethnicity, Bail, and Pretrial Release Drug Courts CHAPTER 6. Sentencing Sentencing Philosophies Historical Overview of Race and Sentencing Contemporary Issues in Race and Sentencing CHAPTER 7. The Death Penalty Significant Death Penalty Cases Historical Overview of Race and the Death Penalty Current Statistics on the Death Penalty Scholarship on Race and the Death Penalty Public Opinion and the Death Penalty Contemporary Issues in Race and the Death Penalty CHAPTER 8. Corrections Overview of American Corrections Historical Overview of Race and Corrections Contemporary State of Corrections Contemporary Issues in Race and Corrections CHAPTER 9. Juvenile Justice Overview of Juvenile Justice Historical Overview of Race and Juvenile Justice Race, Juvenile Crime, and Victimization Youth in the Juvenile Justice System ...
