African Americans and the Criminal Justice SystemTwenty-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 |
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Conclusion | 133 |
African Americans as Social Control Agents | 139 |
African American police officers | 149 |
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