Underground Codes : Race, Crime and Related Fires / Katheryn Russell-Brown.
2004
HV9950 .R873 2004
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Title
Underground Codes : Race, Crime and Related Fires / Katheryn Russell-Brown.
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9780814769249
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2004]
Copyright
©2004
Language
English
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In English.
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10.18574/nyu/9780814769249.001.0001 doi
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HV9950 .R873 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
364/.08/0973
Summary
Winner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable MentionAmericans fear crime, are rattled by race and avoid honest discussions of both. Anxiety, denial, miscommunication, and ignorance abound. Imaginary connections between minorities and crime become real, self-fulfilling prophecies and authentic links to race, class, gender and crime go unexplored. Katheryn Russell-Brown, author of the highly acclaimed The Color of Crime, makes her way through this intellectual minefield, determined to shed light on the most persistent and perplexing domestic policy issues. The author tackles 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 From outdated research methods that perpetuate stereotypes about African Americans, women, and crime to the over hyped discourse about gangsta rap and law breaking,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. Underground Codes delves into understudied topics such as victimization rates for Native Americans-among the highest of any racial group-and how racial profiling affects the day-to-day lives of people of color. Innovative, well-researched and meticulously documented, Underground Codes makes a case for greater public involvement in the debate over law enforcement-and our own language-that must be heard if we are to begin to have a productive national conversation about crime and race.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I "Petit Apartheid" in the Justice System
2 American Indians and Crime
3 Gangsta Rap and Crime
4 Policing Communities, Policing Race
5 Black Protectionism
6 In the Crosshairs
7 Black Women and the Justice System
8 Race Facts
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I "Petit Apartheid" in the Justice System
2 American Indians and Crime
3 Gangsta Rap and Crime
4 Policing Communities, Policing Race
5 Black Protectionism
6 In the Crosshairs
7 Black Women and the Justice System
8 Race Facts
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author