Color behind Bars

Racism in the U.S. Prison System [2 volumes]

Scott W. Bowman

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780313399039
• eBook ISBN: 9798216063032
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Criminology
• Index: Social Sciences

A diverse, critical analysis of racial and ethnic disparities within the American criminal justice system that encourages critical thinking by providing various sides to the issues. Low-income African Americans, Latin Americans, and American Indians bear the statistical brunt of policing, death penalty verdicts, and sentencing disparities in the United States. Why does this long-standing inequity exist in a country where schoolchildren are taught to expect "justice for all"? The original essays in this two-volume set not only examine the deep-rooted issues and lay out theories as to why racism remains a problem in our prison system, but they also provide potential solutions to the problem. The work gives a broad, multicultural overview of the history of overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in our prison system, examining white/black disparities as well as racism and issues of ethnic-based discrimination concerning other ethnic minorities. This up-to-date resource is ideally suited for undergraduate students who are enrolled in criminal justice or racial/ethnic studies classes and general readers interested in the U.S. criminal justice system.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Series Foreword
• Volume 1: Historical and Contemporary Issues
• Volume 2: Public Policy and the U.S. Prison System
• Bibliography
• About the Editor and Contributors
• Index