Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in the Americas

ISBN-13: 9781349321629 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 283 str.

A. Kalunta-Crumpton

Opis

This book examines race, ethnicity, crime and criminal justice in the Americas and moves beyond the traditional focus on North America to incorporate societies in Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

Spis treści

List of Tables and Figures Foreword Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART I: NORTH AMERICA Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Canada; S.Wortley  & A.Owusu-Bempah Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in the United States; A.Kalunta-Crumpton  & K.Ejiogu PART II: LATIN AMERICA Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Cuba: A Commentary; J.Palombo Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Argentina; DMiguez Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Brazil; M.Harris Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Colombia; F.Giraldo Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Mexico; G.Ferreyra-Orozco PART III: THE CARIBBEAN Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Jamaica; L. Henry, M.Dawkins & C.Gibson Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Trinidad and Tobago; D.Johnson & T.Kochel PART IV: CONCLUSION In Conclusion: Comparative Assessment of Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in the Americas; A.Kalunta-Crumpton Bibliography Index

O autorze

MARIKA DAWKINS Doctoral student in the College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology at Prairie View A&M University, USA KINGSLEY EJIOGU Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Administration of Justice, Texas Southern University, USA GABRIEL FERREYRA-OROZCO Graduate Researcher at Arizona State University, USA CAMILLE GIBSON Associate Professor at Prairie View A&M University, Texas, USA MARK HARRIS Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia LOUISE HENRY Doctoral Candidate in Juvenile Justice at Prairie View A&M, Texas, USA DEVON JOHNSON Professor at Grace Mason University, USA DANIEL MIGUEZ Professor at the University of the State of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research of Argentina AKWASI OWUSU-BEMPAH Researcher at the University of Toronto, Canada JAMES PALOMBO Social Worker, Professor, Writer and Editor of Ragazine TAMMY RINEHART KOCHEL Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA FERNANDO URREA GIRALDO Professor at the University of Valle, Colombia SCOT WORTLEY Associate Professor of Criminology at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto, Canada