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The color of justice : race, ethnicity, and crime in America
"Comprehensive and balanced, The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity and Crime in America is the definitive introduction to current research and theories of racial and ethnic discrimination within America's criminal justice system. The sixth edition covers the best and the most recent resear...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | The color of justice : race, ethnicity, and crime in America / Samuel Walker, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Cassia Spohn, Arizona State University; Miriam DeLone, Fayetteville State University |
| Édition : | Sixth edition. |
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Boston, MA :
Cengage Learning
, [2018] |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. ( xxi, 570 p.) |
| Contenu : | Race, ethnicity, and crime : American's continuing crisis. Victims and offenders : myths and realities about crime. Race, ethnicity, social structure, and crime. Justice on the street? : the police and people of color. The 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. The color of death : race and the death penalty. Corrections in America : a portrait in color. Minority youth and crime : minority youth in court. The color of justice |
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| Résumé : | "Comprehensive and balanced, The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity and Crime in America is the definitive introduction to current research and theories of racial and ethnic discrimination within America's criminal justice system. The sixth edition covers the best and the most recent research on patterns of criminal behavior and victimization, immigration and crime, drug use, police practices, court processing and sentencing, unconscious bias, the death penalty, and correctional programs, giving students the facts and theoretical foundation they need to make their own informed decisions about discrimination within the system. Uniquely unbiased, The Color of Justice, makes every effort to incorporate discussion of all major race groups found in the United States"--Publisher's description |
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| Variantes de titre : | Race, ethnicity, and crime in America |
| Bibliographie : | Bibliogr. (pages 521-545). Index. |
| ISBN : | 978-1-337-09186-2 1-337-09186-3 9781337092937 |