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| Foreword | |
| Preface and Introduction | |
| How to Read a Research Article | |
| Overview of Race, Ethnicity and Crime | |
| Section Highlights | |
| The Concepts of Race and Ethnicity | |
| Prejudice and Discrimination | |
| Race and Crime in American History | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Web Resources | |
| Readings: | |
| The History of Native Americans and the Misdirected Study of Organized Crime | |
| Race as Class | |
| Marginalized White Ethnicity, Race and Crime | |
| Extent of Crime and Victimization | |
| Section Highlights | |
| Sources of Crime and Victimization Statistics | |
| Limitations of Crime, Arrest, and Victimization Statistics | |
| Race and the Extent of Crime and Victimization | |
| Race and Victimization | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Web Resources | |
| Readings: | |
| Intimate Partner Homicide: Review and Implications of Research and Policy | |
| Exploring Bystander Presence and Intervention in Nonfatal Violent Victimization: When Does Helping Really Help? | |
| Co-offending and the Age-Crime Curve | |
| Theoretical Perspectives on Race and Crime | |
| Section Highlights | |
| What Is Theory? | |
| Biological Theories on Race and Crime | |
| Sociological Theories on Race and Crime | |
| Social Disorganization | |
| Collective Efficacy | |
| Strain/Anomie Theory | |
| General Strain Theory | |
| The Colonial Model | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Web Resources | |
| Readings: | |
| Are Hispanics the New "Threat"? Minority Group Threat and Fear of Crime in Miami-Dade County | |
| Do Theories of Crime or Violence Explain Race Differences in Delinquency? | |
| a General Strain Theory of Racial Differences in Criminal Offending | |
| Racial Discriminaton and Hirschi's Criminological Classic: a Chapter in the Sociology of Knowledge | |
| Juvenile Justice | |
| Section Highlights | |
| Overview of the Juvenile Justice System | |
| Race and Juvenile Justice | |
| Race, Juvenile Crime, and Victimization | |
| Delinquency Prevention | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Web Resources | |
| Readings: | |
| Disproportionate Minority Confinement of Juveniles: a National Examination of Black-White Disparity in Placements, 1997-2006 | |
| Things Are Tough All Over: Race, Ethnicity, Class, and School Discipline | |
| The Provision and Completion of Gender-Specific Services for Girls on Probation: Variation by Race and Ethnicity | |
| Policing | |
| Section Highlights | |
| Overview of Policing in America | |
| History of Policing | |
| Race and Policing | |
| Contemporary Issues in Race and Policing | |
| Racial Profiling | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Web Resources | |
| Readings: | |
| An Inquiry Into the Impact of Suspect Race on Police Use of Tasers | |
| Lessons of the Street Code: Policy Implications for Reducing Violent Victimization Among Disadvantaged Citizens | |
| Racial Bias in Case Processing: Does Victim Race Affect Police Clearance of Violent Crime Incidents? | |
| Courts and Sentencing | |
| Section Highlights | |
| Overview of American Courts and Sentencing | |
| Contemporary Issues on Race and Courts | |
| Contemporary Issues in Race and Sentencing | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Web Resources | |
| Readings: | |
| Race-Based Judgments, Race-Neutral Justifications: Experimental Examination of Peremptory Use and the Batson Challenge Procedure | |
| Race Effects of Representation Among Federal Court Workers: Does Black Workforce Representation Reduce Sentencing Disparities? | |
| Punishing the "Model Minority": Asian-American Criminal Sentencing Outcomes in Federal District Courts | |
| The Death Penalty | |
| Section Highlights | |
| Overview of Race and the Death Penalty | |
| Significant Death Penalty Cases | |
| Current Statistics on the Death Penalty | |
| Public Opinion and the Death Penalty | |
| Wrongful Convictions | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Web Resources | |
| Readings: | |
| Hispanics and the Death Penalty: Discriminatory Charging Practices in San Joaquin County, California | |
| Governing Through Crime as Commonsense Racism: Race, Space, and Death Penalty "Reform" in Delaware | |
| Persuasion and Resistance: Race and the Death Penalty in America | |
| Corrections | |
| Section Highlights | |
| Overview of Corrections | |
| Race and Corrections in Historical Context | |
| Racial Disparities in Corrections | |
| Prisoner Reentry | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Web Resources | |
| Readings: | |
| The Racialization of Crime and Punishment: Criminal Justice, Color-Blind Racism, and the Political Economy of the Prison Industrial Complex | |
| The Role of Offender Risk Assessment: a Policy Maker Guide | |
| The Black Family and Mass Incarceration | |
| Glossary | |
| Appendix: Race and Crime Timeline | |
| Credits and Sources | |
| References | |
| Index | |
| About the Authors | |
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