Black Males and the Criminal Justice System

ISBN-13: 9781138697362 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 126 str.

Jason M. Williams; Steven Kniffley

Opis

Black Males and the Criminal Justice System provides a comprehensive theoretical and empirical review of the need for an intersectional understanding of Black male experiences and outcomes within the criminal justice system.

Spis treści

Introduction;  1. Laying the Foundation of Punishment Against Black Males;  2. Black Males and their Experiences with Policing under the "Iconic Ghetto" in Ferguson, MO;  3. From Savages to Super-Predators: Race, Lynching, and The Persistence of Colonial Violence;  4. Perceptions of Black Male Disproportionality in the Criminal Justice System;  5. Black Males and Courts;  6. Prison Health and Black Males;  7. Black male mental health and prison;  8. Failures of Reintegration and the Return to Prison;  9. The Racial Politics and Policies of Reentry;  10. Institutionalized Mental Trauma and Generational Transmission