A history of the rise of mass incarceration in America that shows how it was built on a foundation of racist thinking and bad political incentives. The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other industrialized nation in the world-about 1 in 100 adults, or m…
"The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other industrialized nation in the world--about 1 in 100 adults, or more than 2 million people--while national spending on prisons has catapulted 400 percent. Given the vast racial disparities in incarceration, the …
"The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other industrialized nation in the world--about 1 in 100 adults, or more than 2 million people--while national spending on prisons has catapulted 400 percent. Given the vast racial disparities in incarceration, the …
Violence is a serious public health problem. The number of violent deaths tells only part of the story, and many more survive violence and are left with permanent physical and emotional scars. Violence also erodes communities by reducing productivity, decreasing property values,…
Violence is a serious public health problem. The number of violent deaths tells only part of the story, and many more survive violence and are left with permanent physical and emotional scars. Violence also erodes communities by reducing productivity, decreasing property values,…
Violence is a serious public health problem. The number of violent deaths tells only part of the story, and many more survive violence and are left with permanent physical and emotional scars. Violence also erodes communities by reducing productivity, decreasing property values,…
"Race in the Shadow of Law offers a critical legal analysis of European responses to institutional racism. It draws connections between contemporary legal knowledge practices and colonial systems of thought, arguing that many people of colour experience the law as a part of a ra…
'Race, Crime and Resistance' offers a thought-provoking account of the problematic construction of crimes as racialised. Critical, empirically grounded and theoretically informed, it unpicks the persistence of concepts of race and ethnicity in perceptions and representations of …
'Race, Crime and Resistance' offers a thought-provoking account of the problematic construction of crimes as racialised. Critical, empirically grounded and theoretically informed, it unpicks the persistence of concepts of race and ethnicity in perceptions and representations of …
Race, crime and resistance draws on contemporary theory and a range of case studies to consider racial inequalities within the criminal justice system and related organisations.
'Race, Crime and Resistance' offers a thought-provoking account of the problematic construction of crimes as racialised. Critical, empirically grounded and theoretically informed, it unpicks the persistence of concepts of race and ethnicity in perceptions and representations of …
