This landmark book presents the contributions of African Americans past and present to understanding crime, criminological theory, and the administration of jus

This book argues that a theory of crime specific to the African American experience is justified by qualitative and quantitative data, not just because of the d

"This collection of writings is crucially important, in part, because it reminds us the theoretical paradigms of these and other African American scholars are e

In light of the Black Lives Matter movement and protests in many cities, the role of race in crime and justice is now ever-more salient. This volume seeks to ex

African-American males are being imprisoned at an alarming and unprecedented rate. Out of the more than 11 million black adult males in the U.S. population, nea