In this authoritative volume, race and ethnicity are themselves considered as central organizing principles in why, how, where and by whom crimes are committed and enforced. The contributors argue that dimensions of race and ethnicity condition the very laws that make certain behaviors criminal, the perception of crime and those who are criminalized, the determination of who becomes a victim of crime under which circumstances, the responses to laws and crime that make some more likely to be defined as criminal, and the ways that individuals and communities are positioned and empowered to respond to crime.
Contributors: Eric Baumer, Lydia Bean, Robert D. Crutchfield, Stacy De Coster, Kevin Drakulich, Jeffrey Fagan, John Hagan, Karen Heimer, Jan Holland, Diana Karafin, Lauren J. Krivo, Charis E. Kubrin, Gary LaFree, Toya Z. Like, Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Ross L. Matsueda, Jody Miller, Amie L. Nielsen, Robert O'Brien, Ruth D. Peterson, Alex R. Piquero, Doris Marie Provine, Nancy Rodriguez, Wenona Rymond-Richmond, Robert J. Sampson, Carla Shedd, Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Avelardo Valdez, Alexander T. Vazsonyi, Marķa B. Vélez, Geoff K. Ward, Valerie West, Vernetta Young, Marjorie S. Zatz.
Acknowledgments Introduction1 Cultural Mechanisms and Killing FieldsPart I Constructs and Conceptual Approaches2 Conceptualizing Race and Ethnicity in Studies of Crime and Criminal Justice 3 Demythologizing the "Criminalblackman"4 Race and the Justice WorkforcePart II Populations and Intersectionalities5 Toward an Understanding of the Lower Rates of Homicide in Latino versus Black Neighborhoods6 Extending Ethnicity and Violence Research in a Multiethnic City7 Crime and Deviance in the "Black Belt"8 Crime at the Intersections9 Race, Inequality, and Gender ViolencePart III Contexts and Settings10 Is the Gap between Black and White Arrest RatesNarrowing? 11 Race, Labor Markets, and Neighborhood Violence 12 Drug Markets in Minority Communities13 Perceptions of Crime and Safety in Racially and Economically Distinct Neighborhoods14 Neighborhood, Race, and the Economic Consequences of Incarceration in New York City,1985-1996 Part IV Mechanisms and Processes15 Creating Racial Disadvantage16 Transforming Communities: Formal and Informal Mechanisms of Social Control 17 Toward a Developmental and Comparative Con?ictTheory of Race, Ethnicity, and Perceptions of Criminal Injustice18 Race and Neighborhood Codes of ViolenceBibliography Contributors Index
