Race and Crime: A Text/Reader

Racial Discriminaton and Hirschi's Criminological Classic: A Chapter in the Sociology of Knowledge, by James D. Unnever, Francis T. Cullen, Scott A. Mathers, Timothy E. McClure, and Marisa C. AllisonSECTION FOUR: Juvenile Justice Section Highlights Overview of the Juvenile Justice System Race and Juvenile Justice Race, Juvenile Crime, and Victimization Delinquency Prevention Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Web ResourcesReadings: Disproportionate Minority Confinement of Juveniles: A National Examination of Black-White Disparity in Placements, 1997-2006, by Jaya Davis and Jon R. Sorensen Things Are Tough All Over: Race, Ethnicity, Class, and School Discipline, by Aaron Kupchik The Provision and Completion of Gender-Specific Services for Girls on Probation: Variation by Race and Ethnicity, by Angela M. Wolf, Juliette Graziano, and Christopher HartneySECTION FIVE: Policing Section Highlights Overview of Policing in America History of Policing Race and Policing Contemporary Issues in Race and Policing Racial Profiling Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Web ResourcesReadings: An Inquiry Into the Impact of Suspect Race on Police Use of Tasers, by Jacinta M. Gau, Clayton Mosher, and Travis C. Pratt Lessons of the Street Code: Policy Implications for Reducing Violent Victimization Among Disadvantaged Citizens, by Eric A. Stewart, Christopher J. Schreck, and Rod K. Brunson Racial Bias in Case Processing: Does Victim Race Affect Police Clearance of Violent Crime Incidents? by Terrance J. Taylor, David Holleran, and Volkan TopalliSECTION SIX: Courts and Sentencing Section Highlights Overview of American Courts and Sentencing Contemporary Issues on Race and Courts Contemporary Issues in Race and Sentencing Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Web ResourcesReadings: Race-Based Judgments, Race-Neutral Justifications: Experimental Examination of Peremptory Use and the Batson Challenge Procedure, by Samuel R. Sommers and Michael I. Norton Race Effects of Representation Among Federal Court Workers: Does Black Workforce Representation Reduce Sentencing Disparities? by Amy Farrell, Geoff Ward, and Daniel Rousseau Punishing the "Model Minority": Asian-American Criminal Sentencing Outcomes in Federal District Courts, by Brian D. Johnson and Sara BetsingerSECTION SEVEN: The Death Penalty Section Highlights Overview of Race and the Death Penalty Significant Death Penalty Cases Current Statistics on the Death Penalty Public Opinion and the Death Penalty Wrongful Convictions Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Web ResourcesReadings: Hispanics and the Death Penalty: Discriminatory Charging Practices in San Joaquin County, California, by Catherine Lee Governing Through Crime as Commonsense Racism: Race, Space, and Death Penalty "Reform" in Delaware, by Benjamin D. Fleury-Steiner, Kerry Dunn, and Ruth Fleury-Steiner Persuasion and Resistance: Race and the Death Penalty in America, by Mark Peffley and Jon HurwitzSECTION EIGHT: Corrections Section Highlights Overview of Corrections Race and Corrections in Historical Context Racial Disparities in Corrections Prisoner Reentry Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Web ResourcesReadings: The Racialization of Crime and Punishment: Criminal Justice, Color-Blind Racism, and the Political Economy of the Prison Industrial Complex, by Rose M. Brewer and Nancy A. Heitzig The Role of Offender Risk Assessment: A Policy Maker Guide, by Edward J. Latessa and Brian Lovins The Black Family and Mass Incarceration, by Bruce Western and Christopher WildemanGlossaryAppendix: Race and Crime TimelineCredits and SourcesReferencesIndexAbout the Authors