Race, Crime, and Justice: The Continuing American Dilemma

by Steven E Barkan

Book Overview

Brief, timely, and accessible, Race, Crime, and Justice: The Continuing American Dilemma examines many critical issues including why, over the past few decades, African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans were swept into jails and prisons at rates far beyond their share of the national population. Steven E. Barkan explores racial/ethnic disparities in criminal justice involvement; discrimination in policing, prosecution, and sentencing; the rise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190272546
• ISBN13: 9780190272548
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.2"