| PREFACE | 1 | ||
| CHAPTER 1. RACE, ETHNICITY AND CRIMINALITY. IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP? | 3 | ||
| OBJECTIVES | 3 | ||
| CASE STUDY: THE SUBWAY VIGILANTE | 3 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 5 | ||
| RACE | 6 | ||
| WHAT IS ETHNICITY? | 9 | ||
| THEORIES OF CRIMINALITY | 9 | ||
| Durkheim’s Anomie Theory | 11 | ||
| Merton’s Social Strain Theory | 12 | ||
| Differential Association Theory | 12 | ||
| Social Disorganization Theory | 13 | ||
| Social Conflict Theory | 14 | ||
| Social Control Theory | 14 | ||
| Labeling Theory | 15 | ||
| IN THE NEWS: THE VIRGINIA TECH SAGA | 15 | ||
| RACE, ETHNICITY AND POLICY | 16 | ||
| WHAT IS RACE? | 18 | ||
| CONTROVERSIES: THE BLACK RAGE DEFENSE—IS IT A LEGITIMATE DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS? | 22 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 25 | ||
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Publication information:
Book title: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime: Alternate Perspectives.
Contributors: Dianne Williams - Author.
Publisher: Algora.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2012.
Page number: ix.
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