Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System

Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System
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Publisher : IGI Global
Total Pages : 395
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ISBN-10 : 9781522510895
ISBN-13 : 1522510893
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Synopsis Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System by : Egharevba, Stephen

In order to protect and defend citizens, the foundational concepts of fairness and equality must be adhered to within any criminal justice system. When this is not the case, accountability of authorities should be pursued to maintain the integrity and pursuit of justice. Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly material on social problems involving victimization of minorities and police accountability. Presenting relevant perspectives on a global and cross-cultural scale, this book is ideally designed for researchers, professionals, upper-level students, and practitioners involved in the fields of criminal justice and corrections.

Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System

Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System
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Publisher : IGI Global, Information Science Reference
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1522510885
ISBN-13 : 9781522510888
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System by : Stephen Egharevba

"This bookis an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly material on social problems involving victimization of minorities and police accountability and presenting relevant perspectives on a global and cross-cultural scale"--

African-American Males and the U.S. Justice System of Marginalization: A National Tragedy

African-American Males and the U.S. Justice System of Marginalization: A National Tragedy
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 125
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ISBN-10 : 9781137408433
ISBN-13 : 113740843X
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis African-American Males and the U.S. Justice System of Marginalization: A National Tragedy by : Floyd Weatherspoon

African-American Males and the US Justice System of Marginalization provides an overview of the economic and social status of African-American males in America, which continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate. Weatherspoon posits that in every American institutional system, from birth to death, the journey of African-American males to achieve racial justice and equity in this country is ignored, marginalized, and exploited. The American justice system, in particular, has permitted and in some cases sanctioned the marginalization of African-American males as full citizens. Weatherspoon examines the idea that African-American males are disproportionately represented in every aspect of the criminal justice system, and that the marginalization of African-American males in America has a long and treacherous history that continues to negatively impact their economic, political, and social status.

Proactive Policing

Proactive Policing
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Publisher : National Academies Press
Total Pages : 409
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ISBN-10 : 9780309467131
ISBN-13 : 0309467136
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Proactive Policing by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in policing that began to emerge in the 1960s because of social unrest, rising crime rates, and growing skepticism regarding the effectiveness of standard approaches to policing. In response, beginning in the 1980s and 1990s, innovative police practices and policies that took a more proactive approach began to develop. This report uses the term "proactive policing" to refer to all policing strategies that have as one of their goals the prevention or reduction of crime and disorder and that are not reactive in terms of focusing primarily on uncovering ongoing crime or on investigating or responding to crimes once they have occurred. Proactive policing is distinguished from the everyday decisions of police officers to be proactive in specific situations and instead refers to a strategic decision by police agencies to use proactive police responses in a programmatic way to reduce crime. Today, proactive policing strategies are used widely in the United States. They are not isolated programs used by a select group of agencies but rather a set of ideas that have spread across the landscape of policing. Proactive Policing reviews the evidence and discusses the data and methodological gaps on: (1) the effects of different forms of proactive policing on crime; (2) whether they are applied in a discriminatory manner; (3) whether they are being used in a legal fashion; and (4) community reaction. This report offers a comprehensive evaluation of proactive policing that includes not only its crime prevention impacts but also its broader implications for justice and U.S. communities.

The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States

The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 615
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ISBN-10 : 9781108420556
ISBN-13 : 1108420559
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States by : Tamara Rice Lave

A comprehensive collection on police and policing, written by experts in political theory, sociology, criminology, economics, law, public health, and critical theory.

The Color of Crime

The Color of Crime
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9780814776179
ISBN-13 : 0814776175
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Color of Crime by : Katheryn Russell-Brown

"Perhaps the most explosive and troublesome phenomenon at the nexus of race and crime is the racial hoax - a contemporary version of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Examining both White-on-Black hoaxes such as Susan Smith's and Charles Stuart's claims that Black men were responsible for crimes they themselves committed, and Black-on-White hoaxes such as the Tawana Brawley episode, Russell illustrates the formidable and lasting damage that occurs when racial stereotypes are manipulated and exploited for personal advantage. She shows us how such hoaxes have disastrous consequences and argues for harsher punishments for offenders."--BOOK JACKET.

Resource Guide on Racial Profiling Data Collection Systems: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned

Resource Guide on Racial Profiling Data Collection Systems: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:46353722
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Synopsis Resource Guide on Racial Profiling Data Collection Systems: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned by :

The U.S. Department of Justice presents the full text of an article entitled "A Resource Guide on Racial Profiling Data Collection Systems: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned," by Deborah Ramirez, Jack McDevitt, and Amy Farrell. The article discusses the problems related to racial profiling, data collection goals and limitations, and recommendations for traffic stop data collection systems.

The Myth of a Racist Criminal Justice System

The Myth of a Racist Criminal Justice System
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Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015012268648
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Synopsis The Myth of a Racist Criminal Justice System by : William Wilbanks

The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow
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Publisher : The New Press
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 9781620971949
ISBN-13 : 1620971941
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The New Jim Crow by : Michelle Alexander

One of the New York Times’s Best Books of the 21st Century Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly‚ Slate‚ Chronicle of Higher Education‚ Literary Hub, Book Riot‚ and Zora A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller—"one of the most influential books of the past 20 years," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education—with a new preface by the author "It is in no small part thanks to Alexander's account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter have focused so much of their energy on the criminal justice system." —Adam Shatz, London Review of Books Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." As the Birmingham News proclaimed, it is "undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S." Now, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.

Race, Ethnicity, and Policing

Race, Ethnicity, and Policing
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 544
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ISBN-10 : 9780814776162
ISBN-13 : 0814776167
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Race, Ethnicity, and Policing by : Stephen K. Rice

The text includes both classic pieces and original essays that provide the reader with a comprehensive, even-handed sense of the theoretical underpinnings, methodological challenges, and existing research necessary to understand the problems associated with racial and ethnic profiling and police bias.