Racism and Criminology

Racism and Criminology

by ProfessorDeeCook (Editor), ProfessorBarbaraHudson (Editor)

Synopsis

The aim of this book is to stimulate criminological debate on issues of crime, race, racism and criminal justice and to offer practical guidance to those seeking to address race issues and confront racism.

The text first critiques existing - largely empirical - research on race and criminal justice, and then presents theoretical advances in criminology and sociology, examining the methodological implications of applying such theory to future research. After reassessing the value of past research, particularly in terms of policy development, contributors discuss issues such as competing ethnic classification schemes, the definition of `racial' and ethnic data in criminal justice agency records. Theoretical contributions consider the development of anti-racism; the relationship between race and wider sociologies of disadvantage; the `racialization' of the politics of crime and the `criminalization' of the politics of race during the 1980s. Finally, the book examines one of the key problems for the 1990s: the development of discourses and control strategies which exclude black people from enjoyment of full citizenship rights.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: 15 Nov 1993

ISBN 10: 0803987633
ISBN 13: 9780803987630

Media Reviews
`The eclectic nature of the book provides plenty of scope for discussion of racial issues' - The Criminologist

`This should still prove a useful introduction to the complex theoretical choices, whether acknowledged or not, facing all of us confronting issues to do with `racism and criminology'' - International Journal of the Sociology of Law

`A book which seeks to offer a way forward is... to be welcomed' - British Journal of Criminology

Author Bio
Barbara Hudson is a Professor in Law at the University of Central Lancashire. She has published extensively on socio-legal studies, criminology and penology. Her special teaching interests are in race and criminal justice; feminist jurisprudence; desert theory; restorative justice; comparative criminology and penology. She has research interests in penal theory and penal ethics; race, gender, crime and justice; the punishment of impoverished offenders; emergent theories of justice; probation; risk and criminal justice.