The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America

by John Hagan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814767206
• ISBN13: 9780814767207
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"