Walker, Samuel,  1942- <br/><br/>
The color of justice :  race, ethnicity, and crime in America / 
Samuel Walker, Cassia Spohn, Miriam DeLone. 
 - 4a ed. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic,  2007. 
 - xx, 459 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series .
<br/><br/> Originally published: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2007. 4th ed. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Distribution is restricted to RFB & D members who have a documented print disability such as a visual impairment, learning disability or other physical disability. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.<br/>Race discrimination--United States.<br/>Ethnicity--United States.<br/>Social structure--United States.<br/>Minorities--Crimes against--United States.<br/>Police misconduct--United States.<br/>Discriminación en administración de justicia--Estados Unidos.<br/>Discriminación racial--Estados Unidos.<br/>Delitos contra las minorías--Estados Unidos.<br/>Estructura social--Estados Unidos.<br/>Mala conducta de la policía--Estados Unidos.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Race relations.<br/>United States--Social conditions.<br/>Estados Unidos--Relaciones raciales.<br/>Estados Unidos--Condiciones sociales.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV 9950  / W184c 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.08900973