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Gratuitous Angst in White America presents a new criminological theory that explains the racialized experiences of white people. The book is essential for those seeking a more complete understanding of the associations between race and crime and those who want to remedy those disparities.
List of contents
Introduction: Removing the Cloak of Whiteness 1 Over a Decade of Turmoil Within a History of Strife 2 Status Dissonance and White American Offending 3 Habitus Angst and White American Offending 4 Aggrieved Entitlement and White American Offending 5 The Protection of Privilege and White Americans' Criminal Legal Entanglement 6 A New Racialized Theory of Whiteness and Crime 7 Uneven Intersections 8 Making the Invisible Visible
About the author
Deena A. Isom is an Associate Professor of African American Studies and Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina. Her research aims to bring marginalized voices and lived experiences center to the understandings of the causes and consequences of negative and harmful behaviors and entanglement with the criminal legal system through the advancement of criminological theory, critical perspectives, and intersectional methodologies. Her work has appeared in numerous outlets such as the
Race and Justice, Feminist Criminology, Critical Sociology, Journal of Interpersonal Violence,
Social Science & Medicine, and
Youth & Society. She is a University of South Carolina McCausland Fellow and Garnet Apple Award recipient as well as an Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Minorities and Women Section's Becky Tatum Excellence in Scholarship Awardee.
Summary
Gratuitous Angst in White America presents a new criminological theory that explains the racialized experiences of white people. The book is essential for those seeking a more complete understanding of the associations between race and crime and those who want to remedy those disparities.
