Deadly Injustice : Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System /

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This important volume demonstrates how highly publicized criminal cases go on to shape public views about offenders, the criminal process, and justice more generally, perpetuating the same unjust cycle for future generations. A timely, well-argued collection, Deadly Injustice is an illuminating, hea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Johnson, Devon (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2016.
Edición:[Enhanced Credo edition].
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Zimmerman, George, > 1983-
Martin, Trayvon, > 1995-2012.
Racial profiling in law enforcement.
Race relations.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
African American men > Social conditions.
African American men > Social conditions > 21st century.
Racial profiling in law enforcement > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States > History.
United States.
United States > Race relations > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword: the racial double homicide of Trayvon Martin / Lawrence D. Bobo
  • Introduction: race, criminal justice, and the death of Trayvon Martin / Devon Johnson, Patricia Y. Warren, and Amy Farrell
  • Who is in danger?
  • Profiling Trayvon : young black males, suspicion, and surveillance / Jacinta M. Gau and Kareem L. Jordan
  • Presumed danger : race, bias, stigma, and perceptions of crime and criminals / Kevin M. Drakulich and Laura Siller
  • Policed, punished, dehumanized : the reality for young men of color living in America / Victor M. Rios
  • Threat, danger, and vulnerability : Trayvon Martin and Gwen Araujo / Toya Like, Lori Sexton, and Savannah Porter
  • Where do you stand?
  • Go ahead and shoot : the law might have your back : history, race, implicit bias, and justice in Florida's stand your ground law / Katheryn Russell-Brown
  • The dangers of racialized perceptions and thinking by law enforcement / David A. Harris
  • The acquittal of George Zimmerman : race and judges' perceptions about the accuracy of not guilty verdicts / Amy Farrell, Patricia Y. Warren, Devon Johnson, Jordyn L. Rosario, and Daniel Givelber
  • Up to no good : the context of adolescent discrimination in neighborhoods / Bryan L. Sykes, Alex R. Piquero, Jason Gioviano, and Nicolas Pittman
  • Which voices count?
  • From Simpson to Zimmerman : examining the effects of race, class, and gender in the failed prosecution of two highly publicized, racially divisive cases / Delores Jones-Brown and Henry F. Fradella
  • Divided by race : differences in the perception of injustice / Isaac Unah and Valerie Wright
  • The Zimmerman verdict : media, political reaction, and public response in the age of social networking / Chenelle A. Jones and Mia Ortiz
  • Read between the lines : what determines media coverage of youth homicide? / Heather M. Washington and Valerie Wright
  • Afterword: reducing racialized violence and deracializing justice / Doris Marie Provine and Ruth D. Peterson
  • About the contributors
  • Index.

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