The System in Black and White: Exploring the Connections between Race, Crime, and Justice

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Foreword xi
• References xii
• Preface xiii
• Part I Race and the Study of Crime 1
• Chapter 1 Theoretical Explanations of the Nexus Between Race and Crime 3
• References 12
• Chapter 2 the Alchemy of Race and Crime Research 15
• Notes 27
• References 28
• Chapter 3 Deconstructing the Association of Race and Crime: The Salience of Skin Color 31
• Notes 42
• References 43
• Chapter 4 The Empirical Status of the Black-Subculture-of-Violence Thesis 47
• Notes 59
• References 59
• Part II Policing, Race, and Justice 63
• Chapter 5 Determinants of Black-to-White Arrest Differentials: A Review of the Literature 65
• Notes 70
• References 70
• Chapter 6 Understanding the Connections Between Race and Police Violence 73
• Notes 82
• References 83
• Chapter 7 The King-Denney Tapes: Their Analysis and Implications of Police Use of Force Training 85
• References 91
• Chapter 8 The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Police Profiles 93
• References 107
• Chapter 9 Conceptual Incarceration: A Thirteenth-Amendment Look at African Americans and Policing 109
• Notes 122
• Chapter 10 Black and White Perceptions of the Appropriateness of Police Conduct 125
• References 133
• Part III Race, Courts, and the Law 135
• Chapter 11 Race as a Legal Construct: The Implications for American Justice 137
• Notes 150
• Chapter 12 The Impact of Racial Demography on Jury Verdicts in Routine Adjudication 153
• Chapter 13 Race and Ethnic Bias in Sentencing Decisions: A Review and Critique of the Literature 171
• References 179
• Chapter 14 Media Images and the Victimization of Black Women: Exploring the Impact of Sexual Stereotyping on Prosecutorial Decision Making 181
• References 193
• Part IV Racial Dimensions of Punishment and Delinquency 197
• Chapter 15 The Significance of Race in the Use of Restitution 199
• Notes 210
• Chapter 16 Diversity in a Jail Work Setting: Evaluating the Impact of Racial Intolerance 213
• Chapter 17 Overrepresentation of Minority Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Discrimination or Disproportionality of Delinquent Acts? 227
• References 235
• Chapter 18 Substance Abuse and Race in a Delinquent Population 241
• Notes 262
• References 262
• Chapter 19 Prisons as "Safe Havens" for African-American Women 267
• References 272
• Index 275
• About the Editors and Contributors 291

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