African Americans and the Criminal Justice System

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Taylor & Francis, 1996 - Law - 251 pages

Twenty-nine collected essays represent a critical history of Shakespeare's play as text and as theater, beginning with Samuel Johnson in 1765, and ending with a review of the Royal Shakespeare Company production in 1991. The criticism centers on three aspects of the play: the love/friendship debate.

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Contents

Race and Criminal Justice
3
The Black Experience in America
27
Theoretical Explanations
43
Conflict and labeling theories
59
Minority views on crime
68
Racial composition of the city and police expenditures
81
Incarcerated African Americans
115
Black participation in prison programs and work assignments
127
African American correctional officers
156
African American judges
165
Conclusion
173
The Future of Race and Criminal Justice
179
The need to improve research on race and criminal justice
188
Epilogue
205
Bibliography
211
Name Index
239

Conclusion
133
African Americans as Social Control Agents
139
African American police officers
149

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