Samuel Walker, Cassia Spohn, Miriam Delone

The Color of Justice

Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America

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Produktbeschreibung

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. What¿s more, the MindTap that accompanies this text helps students practice and master techniques and key concepts while engaging them with, career-based decision-making scenarios, visual summaries, and more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cengage Learning
• 6th edition
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781337091862
• ISBN-10: 1337091863
• Artikelnr.: 45714389

Autorenporträt

Samuel Walker is Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, where he taught for 31 years before retiring in 2005. He is the author of 13 books on policing, criminal justice history and policy, and civil liberties. His current research involves police accountability, focusing primarily on citizen oversight of the police and police Early Intervention Systems (EIS). Originally trained as a historian, he is completing a book on U.S. presidents and civil liberties. His personal website, with information on police accountability is: http: //samuelwalker.net.