Crime and Racial Constructions
Author | : Jeanette Covington |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2010-04-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780739145210 |
ISBN-13 | : 0739145215 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Download or read book Crime and Racial Constructions written by Jeanette Covington and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime and Racial Constructions: Cultural Misinformation about African Americans in Media and Academia critically examines how the film industry and criminologists have constructed African Americans in their effort to explain observed race differences in crime. Of particular concern is how the images they paint of violent, out-of-control blacks result in hardline criminal justice policies.