James A. Chambers

Blacks and Crime

A Function of Class

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text examines the social forces that influence Black responses to differential conditions in American society. It raises the issue of differential social status and its effect on whites who are similarly situated at the low end of the class spectrum. Chambers identifies the elements that contribute to the fluctuations in maintaining the status quo and analyzes the attempts made to control dissidence. The standard functional approach is taken so students can interpret the data within a traditional theoretical framework. Chambers' book is an excellent introductory work in criminology on America's most challenging issue, racism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 718g
• ISBN-13: 9780275949372
• ISBN-10: 0275949370
• Artikelnr.: 25153188

Autorenporträt

JAMES A. CHAMBERS is Assistant Professor of Criminology at Indiana State University. He has published Slavery, Philosophy, and Socioeconomic Disorder (1993).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Theorizing Class, Family Structure, and Conflict
Class and Race Black Families in Contemporary U.S. Race and the Attack on
EEOC Pathologies Confronted by the Black Family Perspectives on Delinquent
and Criminal Behavior Weakness of Existing Explanations Race, Delinquency
and Crime Hate, Crime and Social Structure Employee Theft Economic Decline
and Black Males Assaultive Behavior Sanction and Compliance Norms
Bibliography Index