Roots of African American violence : ethnocentrism, cultural diversity, and racism /

What explains the well-documented racial disparities in rates of homicide and other acts of criminal violence in the United States? Critically confronting the conventional narratives that purport to answer this question, the authors of Roots of African American Violence offer an alternative framewor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hawkins, Darnell Felix, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., [2017]
Temas:
Crime and race > United States.
Crime > Sociological aspects.
African American criminals.
African Americans > Crimes against.
African Americans > Violence against.
Violence > United States.
Criminalité et race > États-Unis.
Criminalité > Aspect sociologique.
Criminels noirs américains.
Noirs américains > Crimes contre.
Violence > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
African Americans > Violence against
African American criminals
African Americans > Crimes against
Crime and race
Crime > Sociological aspects
Race relations
Violence
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Exploring the roots of African American violence
  • Looking back, moving forward: theories of race and crime
  • Toward a theory of African American violence
  • Science, ideology, and the study of ethnocentrism
  • On the conceptual roots of ethnocentrism
  • Boxed in: ethnocentrism and urban violence
  • Old guards and newcomers: ethnocentric white America
  • Melting pot blues: ethnocentric black America
  • A tale of two cities: race and homicide in Chicago and St. Louis
  • Public policy to prevent violence.

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