Underground codes : race, crime, and related fires by Russell-Brown, Katheryn, 1961- instant download

Underground codes : race, crime, and related fires by Russell-Brown, Katheryn, 1961- instant download

ix, 175 pages ; 24 cm, Challenges the conventional wisdom of criminology on a range of race and crime issues, from outdated research methods that perpetuate stereotypes about African Americans, women, and crime to the over hyped discourse about gangsta rap and law breaking., Russell-Brown challenges the conventional wisdom of criminology. Delves into understudied topics such as victimization rates for Native Americansamong the highest of any racial groupand how racial profiling affects the day-to-day lives of people of color. [Publisher web site], Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-170) and index, \"Petit apartheid\" 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 cross hairs : racial profiling and living while Black -- Black women and the justice system : raced and gendered into submission