Underground Codes : Race, Crime and Related Fires

by Russell-Brown, Katheryn

• ISBN13: 9780814775417
• ISBN10: 0814775411
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: New York University Press

Summary

Winner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable MentionAmericans fear crime, are rattled by race and avoid honest discussions of both. Anxiety, denial, miscommunication, and ignorance abound. Imaginary connections between minorities and crime become real, self-fulfilling prophecies and authentic links to race, class, gender and crime go unexplored. Katheryn Russell-Brown, author of the highly acclaimedThe Color of Crime, makes her way through this intellectual minefield, determined to shed light on the most persistent and perplexing domestic policy issues.The author tackles a range of race and crime issues. From outdated research methods that perpetuate stereotypes about African Americans, women, and crime to the over hyped discourse about gangsta rap and law breaking, Russell-Brown challenges the conventional wisdom of criminology.Underground Codesdelves into understudied topics such as victimization rates for Native Americans--among the highest of any racial group--and how racial profiling affects the day-to-day lives of people of color.Innovative, well-researched and meticulously documented,Underground Codesmakes a case for greater public involvement in the debate over law enforcement--and our own language--that must be heard if we are to begin to have a productive national conversation about crime and race.

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 Law School

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
``Petit Apartheid'' in the Justice System	5	(15)
American Indians and Crime: Invisible Minorities and the Weight of Justice	20	(15)
Gangsta Rap and Crime: Any Relationship?	35	(20)
Policing Communities, Policing Race	55	(17)
Black Protectionism	72	(25)
In the Crosshairs: Racial Profiling and Living while Black	97	(22)
Black Women and the Justice System: Raced and Gendered into Submission	119	(16)
Race Facts	135	(8)
Afterword	143	(2)
Notes	145	(20)
Bibliography	165	(6)
Index	171	(4)
About the Author	175