The Color of Crime

by Russell-Brown, Katheryn

• ISBN13: 9780814776179
• ISBN10: 0814776175
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-01
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

WhenThe Color of Crimewas first published ten years ago, it was heralded as a path-breaking book on race and crime. Now, in its tenth anniversary year, Katheryn Russell-Brown's book is more relevant than ever. The Jena Six, Duke Lacrosse Team, Amadou Diallo, Sean Bell, James Byrd, and all of those victimized in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are just a few of the racially fuelled cases that have made headlines in the past decade. Russell-Brown continues to ask, why do Black and White Americans perceive police actions so differently? Is White fear of Black crime justified? Do African Americans really protect their own? Should they? And why are we still talking about O.J.? Russell-Brown surveys the landscape of American crime and identifies some of the country's most significant racial pathologies. In this new edition, each chapter is updated and revised, and two new chapters have been added. Enriched with twenty-five new cases, the explosive and troublesome chapter on "Racial Hoaxes" demonstrates that "playing the race card" is still a popular ploy.The Color of Crimeis a lucid and forceful volume that calls for continued vigilance on the part of journalists, scholars, and policymakers alike. Through her innovative analysis of cases, ideological and media trends, issues, and practices that resonate below the public radar even in the new century, Russell-Brown explores the tacit and subtle ways that deviance is systematically linked to people of colour. Her findings are impossible to ignore.

Author Biography

Katheryn Russell-Brown is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at the University of Florida's Levin College of Law.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Media Messages	p. 6
The Skin Game	p. 23
History's Strange Fruit	p. 35
Discrimination or Disparity?	p. 53
Are We Still Talking about O.J.?	p. 75
Racial Hoaxes	p. 98
White Crime	p. 128
Race and Crime Literacy	p. 149
Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act of 2000	p. 161
Racial Hoaxes: Summaries of Ninety-Two Cases	p. 163
Notes	p. 187
Selected Bibliography	p. 199
Index	p. 209
About the Author	p. 213
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