Underground codes [[electronic resource] ] : race, crime, and related fires / / Katheryn Russell-Brown

• Autore: Russell-Brown Katheryn <1961->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 364/.08/0973
• Soggetto topico: Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States; Discrimination in law enforcement - United States; Crime and race - United States; Minorities - United States
• Soggetto non controllato: american; codes; enforcement; examination; influence; law; myths; policy; powerful; public; racial; that; unspoken
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "Petit aparteid" in the justice system -- American Indians and crime : invisible minorities and the weight of justice -- Gangsta rap and crime : any relationship? -- Policing communities, policing race -- Black protectionism -- In the crosshairs : racial profiling and living while Black -- Black women and the justice system : raced and gendered into submission -- Race facts.
• Sommario/riassunto: Winner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention. Americans fear crime, are rattled by race and avoid honest discussions of both. Anxiety, denial, miscommunication, and ignorance abound. Imaginary connections between minorities and crime become real, self-fulfilling prophecies and authentic links to race, class, gender and crime go unexplored. Katheryn Russell-Brown, author of the highly acclaimed The Color of Crime , makes her way through this intellectual minefield, determined to shed light on the most persistent and perplexing domestic policy issues. The author tack
• Titolo autorizzato: Underground codes
• ISBN: 0-8147-6924-1; 1-4175-6852-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783260103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II