The color of crime : racial hoaxes, white crime, media messages, police violence, and other race-based harms / Katheryn Russell-Brown.

"A powerful, engaging book that critiques the history of race, law, and justice by examining where race lives and breathes across the U.S. criminal-legal system"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russell-Brown, Katheryn, 1961- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Crime and race > United States.
African American criminals.
Racism > United States.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis.
Criminalité et race > États-Unis.
Criminels noirs américains.
Racisme > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Crime and race.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Racism.
United States.
Physical Description:249 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Definitions, statistics, and issues
  • Media messages
  • History's strange fruit
  • Racial discrimination, racial profiling, and racial monitoring
  • Racial hoaxes
  • White crime
  • Race and crime literacy
  • The soul savers.