A Theory of African American Offending: Race, Racism, and Crime

by James D. Unnever and Shaun L. Gabbidon

Book Overview

A little more than a century ago, the famous social scientist W.E.B. Du Bois asserted that a true understanding of African American offending must be grounded in the "real conditions" of what it means to be black living in a racial stratified society. Today and according to official statistics, African American men - about six percent of the population of the United States - account for nearly sixty percent of the robbery arrests in the United...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041588358X
• ISBN13: 9780415883580
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"