The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice) |
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Author:
Samuel Walker,
Cassia Spohn,
Miriam Delone
By Wadsworth Pub Co
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List Price: $27.95
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Product Description
This text contains recent research on the topic of justice and includes the experiences of different minority groups. It explores all relevant topics including: patterns of criminal behavior and victimization; police practices; court processing and sentencing; death penalty; prisons, and other correctional programs.
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Not Recommended, 2007-08-18
This book along with is Sense and Nonsense book was horrible. We used it for a Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice class and none of the students or my teacher thought that either book was good. It was way too complex for people who just want the straight forward facts. In looking back at the book, it would not be my recommendation to use it. The whole class suffered in the potential learning due to these books. I respect Professor Walker with his teaching and serving on boards throughout the nation, but unfortunately, I cannot agree with this and his other book I used. I hope this review helps.
Careful, unbiased review of the evidence, 2005-07-12
There is nothing casual about this book's consideration of racial bias in the criminal justice system. The authors offer a very careful, balanced and thorough evaluation of racial bias in the various stages of the arrest, sentencing, incarceration, etc. based on a comprehensive consideration of the evidence from numerous studies. What is so striking about this study is that the authors are able to describe this evidence in a very understandable way that should be accessible to the general public. They find that while some areas of the criminal justice system are racial discriminatory, others are not. An excellent book!
Informative - YES; balanced and unbiased - NO!, 2003-07-07
I purchased this book as recommended supplementary reading for a college level criminal justice course. The book is advertised as "Comprehensive and balanced" and "uniquely unbiased" on the back cover. I was hoping for a book that honestly and objectively presented both sides of the debate regarding race and crime. I am not qualified to debate the accuracy of the data presented, or to argue that the authors are incorrect in their charges of discrimination in the criminal justice system. However, the book adamantly asserts that discrimination is responsible for the disparity between races in the crime data and casually dismisses opposing arguments. The authors presentation is neither balanced or unbiased.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.973
EAN: 9780534262266
ISBN: 0534262260
Label: Wadsworth Pub Co
Manufacturer: Wadsworth Pub Co
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 244
Publication Date: 1995-09
Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
Studio: Wadsworth Pub Co |
