Race, crime, and justice : a reader /

A comprehensive collection of the essential writings on race and crime, this important Reader spans more than a century and clearly demonstrates the long-standing difficulties minorities have faced with the justice system. The editors skillfully draw on the classic work of such thinkers as W.E.B. Du...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Gabbidon, Shaun L., 1967-, Greene, Helen Taylor, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2005
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:A comprehensive collection of the essential writings on race and crime, this important Reader spans more than a century and clearly demonstrates the long-standing difficulties minorities have faced with the justice system. The editors skillfully draw on the classic work of such thinkers as W.E.B. DuBois and Gunnar Myrdal as well as the contemporary work of scholars such as Angela Davis, Joan Petersilia, John Hagen and Robert Sampson. This anthology also covers all of the major topics and issues from policing, courts, drugs and urban violence to inequality, racial profiling and capital.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 379 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135398569
1135398569
9780203955048
0203955048
0415947073
9780415947077
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.