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Understanding race and crime /

Why are some ethnic minorities associated with higher levels of offending? How can racist violence be explained? Are the reasons for offending and victimization among ethnic minorities different from those among ethnic majorities? This book provides an introduction to the debates and controversies a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Webster, Colin (Criminologist)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkshire, Eng. ; New York : Open University Press : McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Colección:Crime and justice (Buckingham, England)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Font cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Conceptualising 'race' and crime: racialisation and criminalisation; Chapter 2 Origins: criminology, eugenics and 'the criminal type'; Chapter 3 Context: race, place and fear of crime; Chapter 4 Offending and victimisation; Chapter 5 Racist violence; Chapter 6 Race, policing and disorder; Chapter 7 Race, criminal justice and penality: difference or discrimination?; Chapter 8 'Race', class, masculinities and crime: family, schooling and peer groups.