The Color of Crime (Second Edition): Racial Hoaxes, White Fear, Black Protectionism, Police Harassment, and Other Macroaggressions

by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Katheryn K. Russell

Book Overview

A lucid and forceful volume that explores the tacit and subtle ways the American justice system links deviance to people of color

When The Color of Crime was first published ten years ago, it was heralded as a path-breaking book on race and crime. Now, in its tenth anniversary year, Katheryn Russell-Brown's book is more relevant than ever. The Jena Six, Duke Lacrosse Team, Amadou Diallo, Sean Bell, James Byrd, and all of those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814776183
• ISBN13: 9780814776186
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"