The color of justice : race, ethnicity, and crime in America / Samuel Walker, Cassia Spohn, Miriam DeLone.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundSeries: Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice seriesPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2007.Edition: 4a edDescription: xx, 459 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.08900973
LOC classification:
  • HV 9950 W184c 2007
Contents:
Race, ethnicity, and crime, the present crisis -- Victims and offenders, myths and realities about crime -- Race, ethnicity, social structure, and crime -- Justice on the street? the police and racial and ethnic minorities -- Courts, a quest for justice during the pretrial process -- Justice on the bench? trial and adjudication in criminal court -- Race and sentencing, in search of fairness and justice -- Color of death, race and the death penalty -- Corrections in America, a colorful portrait, corrections vs. college, minorities in society -- Minority youth and crime, minority youth in court -- Color of justice.
Summary: This [text] provides [an] exploration available today of the problem of race and ethnic variability in criminal justice practices.... The book addresses the broad questions of social structure and social values, just as it confronts the much more narrow questions of law enforcement decisions and criminal justice system classification. -Foreword.
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Originally published: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2007. 4th ed.

Race, ethnicity, and crime, the present crisis -- Victims and offenders, myths and realities about crime -- Race, ethnicity, social structure, and crime -- Justice on the street? the police and racial and ethnic minorities -- Courts, a quest for justice during the pretrial process -- Justice on the bench? trial and adjudication in criminal court -- Race and sentencing, in search of fairness and justice -- Color of death, race and the death penalty -- Corrections in America, a colorful portrait, corrections vs. college, minorities in society -- Minority youth and crime, minority youth in court -- Color of justice.

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This [text] provides [an] exploration available today of the problem of race and ethnic variability in criminal justice practices.... The book addresses the broad questions of social structure and social values, just as it confronts the much more narrow questions of law enforcement decisions and criminal justice system classification. -Foreword.

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