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With balanced coverage and current events
Multiculturalism, Crime and Criminal Justice expands one's understanding of multiculturalism and diversity as they relate to crime and the criminal justice system.
List of contents
- PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO MULTICULTURALISM
- CHAPTER 1: Introduction
- CHAPTER 2: Group Dynamics, Communication, and Social Interaction
- PART II: CULTURAL SPECIFICS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
- CHAPTER 3: Black Americans and the Criminal Justice System
- CHAPTER 4: Hispanic/Latinx Americans and the Criminal Justice System
- CHAPTER 5: Asian Americans and the Criminal Justice System
- CHAPTER 6: Native Americans and the Criminal Justice System
- CHAPTER 7: Women and the Criminal Justice System
- CHAPTER 8: The LGBTQ Community and the Criminal Justice System
- CHAPTER 9: The Elderly and the Criminal Justice System
- CHAPTER 10: Juveniles and the Criminal Justice System
- PART III: INTERNAL ISSUES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND MULTICULTURALISM
- CHAPTER 11: Policing and Multiculturalism
- CHAPTER 12: Courts and Multiculturalism
- CHAPTER 13: Corrections and Multiculturalism
- CHAPTER 14: Preparing for Multiculturalism in the Criminal Justice System: Training and Policy
- CHAPTER 15: The Future of Diversity and Multiculturalism in Criminal Justice: Strategies for Success
About the author
Robert Hartmann McNamara is currently a professor of criminal justice at the Citadel.
Ronald Burns is department chair and professor of criminal justice at Texas Christian University (TCU).
Summary
Multiculturalism, Crime, and Criminal Justice, Third Edition, provides an overview of the problems and promises of cultural diversity in society and within all facets of the criminal justice system. It focuses on how different marginalized groups--African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, women, the LGBTQ+ community, the elderly, and juveniles--are impacted by law enforcement, the courts, and correctional agencies, addressing the issues that each group faces. It also examines how multiculturalism affects those who work within the criminal justice system, including members of minority groups.
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“This text is a comprehensive overview of the importance of multiculturalism when working in the criminal justice system. It supplies the historical relevance and sociological influence on criminal justice... It is the most thought out, comprehensive text I've seen on the topic of Multiculturalism and the Criminal Justice System.”
-Mathilda Spencer, California University of Pennsylvania
