Race, ethnicity, and crime [[electronic resource] ] : alternate perspectives / / Dianne Williams
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| Autore: |
Williams Dianne <1958->
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| Titolo: |
Race, ethnicity, and crime [[electronic resource] ] : alternate perspectives / / Dianne Williams
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Algora Pub., 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Race |
| Crime and race | |
| Ethnicity | |
| Mass media and race relations | |
| Justice, Administration of | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface -- Race, ethnicity, and criminality : is there a relationship? -- The criminal justice system -- Race, ethnicity, and the media -- Race and the death penalty -- Race, ethnicity and terrorism -- Race, ethnicity, and human trafficking -- Race, ethnicity, and the concept of crime : an alternate perspective -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This fresh new textbook to balance theory and the real world, addressing topics relating to race, ethnicity, criminality and criminalization, looking at the criminal justice system, the media, and the death penalty. In addition to information on crime and incarceration rates, White-collar crime, and the "typical criminal," the discussion of minorities and public perceptions is set within a broader context including the issues of terrorism and human trafficking, where race and ethnicity are also vital to public perceptions. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Race, ethnicity, and crime |
| ISBN: | 0-87586-917-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814669003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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