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SAGE PUBLISHING Race And Crime (Key Approaches To Criminology) 2012 Edition by Rowe
In this original and cutting-edge new textbook, Mike Rowe explores the key topics in race and crime. Examining the main issues from a historical and comparative approach, the book fully situates arguments and ideas in a global context with contemporary examples. Encouraging readers to think critically about well-worn debates, Race & Crime covers a diverse range of issues, including: Representation and Disproportionality Victimisation Human RightsTerrorismPopular CultureGovernanceAs with all books in the Key Approaches to Criminology series, Race & Crime features extensive learning features to help students to fully engage with topics covered. These include: chapter overviews, study questions, further reading and key terms. Stylishly written yet accessible, Race & Crime will prove invigorating, vital reading for students in criminology, sociology, race and ethnic studies, and cultural studies. The Key Approaches to Criminology series celebrates the removal of traditional barriers between disciplines and, specifically, reflects criminology's interdisciplinary nature and focus. It brings together some of the leading scholars working at the intersections of criminology and related subjects. Each book in the series helps readers to make intellectual connections between criminology and other discourses, and to understand the importance of studying crime and criminal justice within the context of broader debates. The series is intended to have appeal across the entire range of undergraduate and postgraduate studies and beyond, comprising books which offer introductions to the fields as well as advancing ideas and knowledge in their subject areas. 'Race', 'Crime' and SocietyIntroductionThe Social Construction of 'Race'The Social Construction of 'Crime'Race and Crime: A Critical EngagementStructure of the BookSummaryStudy QuestionsFurther ReadingRace, Crime and the Criminological ImaginationIntroductionRace and the Development of Classical CriminologyCriminology as Science: Race and the Emergence of the Positivist SchoolRace, Ethnicity and Sociological Positivism'Empiricism' to 'Social Constructionism'SummaryStudy QuestionsFurther ReadingRace, Crime and Popular CultureIntroductionRace and Crime in News MediaInfotainmentScreen FictionDigital MediaSummaryStudy QuestionsFurther ReadingDisproportionality in OffendingIntroductionStatistical Evidence of Disproportionality Other Evidence of DisproportionalityGuns, Gangs and Street Crime: Mugging and OnwardsRace and Crime: A Critical Realist PerspectiveSummaryStudy QuestionsFurther ReadingRace and VictimizationIntroductionMinority Ethnic Groups and Criminal VictimizationRacist Hate Crime: Victims and PerpetratorsResponding to Racist CrimeSummaryStudy QuestionsFurther ReadingRace, Conflict and Human RightsIntroductionHuman Rights Abuse and the Failure of CriminologyTowards a Criminology of Genocide Criminology, Environmental Harm and Neo-ColonialismSummaryStudy QuestionsFurther ReadingDisproportionality in the Criminal Justice SystemIntroductionMinority Ethnic Groups in the Criminal Justice System of England and WalesInternational ComparisonsExplaining the Over-Representation of Minorities in Criminal Justice SystemsSummaryStudy QuestionsFurther ReadingDiversity and Representation in the Criminal Justice SystemIntroductionRecruitment, Retention and PromotionEnhancing Diversity within the Criminal Justice SystemPromoting the Diversity AgendaWorkforce Diversity: Necessary but Insufficient Conditions for ReformSummaryStudy QuestionsFurther ReadingIslam, Terrorism and Security Introduction: Terrorism and Security into the 21st CenturyMuslims as 'Suspect Communities'SummaryStudy QuestionsFurther ReadingRace and Crime: A Critical EngagementIntroductionEthnic Monitoring in Criminal JusticeSummaryStudy QuestionsFurther Reading