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To this date, efforts to document the scholarly contributions of exclusively African American criminologists are nonexistent. This is a reference work which offers contemporary Afrocentric perspective on critical issues of crime and justice by focusing on the contributions of African American criminologists whose interests and responses to crime arguably differ from those of mainstream white criminologists. This reference will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in criminal justice and practitioners in policy making.
Most of the abstracts can be cross-referenced to publications within mainstream criminal justice journals. In addition, selected books, manuscripts, and an array of state and government documents are included and provide rare Afrocentric perspectives on issues of crime and justice. In the process, it credits many Caucasians and ethnic minorities as important contributors to a given publication. This reference book consists of five chapters: (1) an introductory article on issues that define (and confront) African American criminologists, (2) an alphabetical listing of published abstracts for each contributing author, (3) selected references to each publication, (4) an appendix containing titles to doctoral dissertations for all contributing African American scholars, and (5) an author and subject index.
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Preface
Dual Realities and Structural Challenges of African American Criminologists by Lee E. Ross and Harvey L. McMurray
Published Abstracts
Selected References
Appendix: Doctoral Dissertations of African American Criminologists (1970-1996)
Author and Subject Index
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Lee Ross is a Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from Rutgers University and a B.A. from Niagara University. Dr. Ross's research interests include religion and social control theory, critical race theory, and criminal legal systems' responses to domestic violence. He is also the author of Music Lyrics and Domestic Violence: The Soundtracks of Our Lives.
