Understanding race and crime [[electronic resource] /] / Colin Webster

• Autore: Webster Colin
• Pubblicazione: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, : Open University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.34
• Soggetto topico: Crime and race; Discrimination in criminal justice administration
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Font cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Conceptualising 'race' and crime: racialisation and criminalisation; Chapter 2 Origins: criminology, eugenics and 'the criminal type'; Chapter 3 Context: race, place and fear of crime; Chapter 4 Offending and victimisation; Chapter 5 Racist violence; Chapter 6 Race, policing and disorder; Chapter 7 Race, criminal justice and penality: difference or discrimination?; Chapter 8 'Race', class, masculinities and crime: family, schooling and peer groups ; Chapter 9 The African-American 'underclass' and the American DreamChapter 10 State crime: the racial state and genocide; Chapter 11 Understanding race and crime: some concluding thoughts; References; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Why are some ethnic minorities associated with higher levels of offending? How can racist violence be explained? Are the reasons for offending and victimization among ethnic minorities different from those among ethnic majorities? This book provides an introduction to the debates and controversies about race, crime and criminal justice.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding race and crime
• ISBN: 1-281-18177-3; 9786611181772; 0-335-23039-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784796803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Crime and justice (Buckingham, England)