New Directions in Race, Ethnicity and Crime

by Colin Webster and Coretta Phillips

Book Overview

The disproportionate criminalisation and incarceration of particular minority ethnic groups has long been observed, though much of the work in criminology has been dominated by a somewhat narrow debate. This debate has concerned itself with explaining this disproportionality in terms of structural inequalities and socio-economic disadvantage or discriminatory criminal justice processing.

This book offers an accessible and innovative approach,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415540488
• ISBN13: 9780415540483
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"