Understanding race and crime
Why are some ethnic minorities associated with higher levels of offending? How can racist violence be explained? Are the reasons for offending and victimization among ethnic minorities different from those among ethnic majorities? This book provides an introduction to the debates and controversies about race, crime and criminal justice
eBook, English, 2007
Open University Press : McGraw-Hill, Berkshire, Eng., New York, 2007
Cross-cultural studies
1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages)
9780335230396, 9780335204779, 9786611181772, 0335230393, 0335204775, 6611181776
245016708
Font cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Conceptualising 'race' and crime: racialisation and criminalisation; Chapter 2 Origins: criminology, eugenics and 'the criminal type'; Chapter 3 Context: race, place and fear of crime; Chapter 4 Offending and victimisation; Chapter 5 Racist violence; Chapter 6 Race, policing and disorder; Chapter 7 Race, criminal justice and penality: difference or discrimination?; Chapter 8 'Race', class, masculinities and crime: family, schooling and peer groups
English
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