Almost a third of all African American men in their twenties in the United States are in jail or prison, or on probation or parole. African Americans, who compr

This volume examines racism within the process of criminal justice. In every society criminal justice plays a key role establishing social control and maintaini

First published a decade ago, No Equal Justice is the seminal work on race- and class-based double standards in criminal justice. Hailed as a ''shocking and nec

The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, givin