African American Classics in Criminology and Criminal Justice Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)Collectively compiled and edited by Shaun L. Gabbidon, Helen Taylor Greene, and Evernetta D. Young, African American Classics In Criminology & Criminal Justice is a selection of twenty-three crucial articles focused upon criminology and criminal justice from a distinctively African-American perspective. The rather impressive list of contributors include such outstanding scholars as W.E.B. Du Bois, Lee Brown, Elijah Anderson. Eruditely written, persuasively worded, and weathering the test of time, these writings here assembled are a very strongly recommended supplement to both Black Studies and Criminal Justice reference collections and reading lists.

Click Here to see more reviews about: African American Classics in Criminology and Criminal Justice

From W.E.B. Dubois through Lee Brown, this anthology provides a collection of the key articles in criminology and criminal justice written by black scholars. Available in a single volume for the first time, the articles collected in this book reflect the voices of African-American scholars and display the diversity of perspectives sought after in today's academic community. Crime in the African-American community is examined from social, economic and political perspectives, and the historical context of each article is provided by the editors. Spanning the 20th century, these works present a historical chronology of African-American views on crime and its control with theoretical perspectives that have often been tangential to mainstream scholarship.