Race, ethnicity, crime and criminal justice in the Americas /

This collection draws upon perspectives from nine English-speaking and non-English-speaking countries in four regions of the Americas to add to knowledge of how human variations inform crime and criminal justice issues beyond our domestic setting. Extending beyond the traditional focus on North Amer...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita, 1962-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Subjects:	Crime and race > America. Discrimination in criminal justice administration > America. Criminal justice, Administration of > America. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
PART I: NORTH AMERICA
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Canada; S.Wortley€& A.Owusu-Bempah
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in the United States; A.Kalunta-Crumpton€& K.Ejiogu
PART II:€LATIN AMERICA
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Cuba: A Commentary; J.Palombo
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Argentina; DMiguez
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Brazil; M.Harris
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Colombia; F.Giraldo
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Mexico; G.Ferreyra-Orozco
PART III: THE CARIBBEAN
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Jamaica; L. Henry, M.Dawkins€& C.Gibson
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Trinidad and Tobago; D.Johnson€& T.Kochel
PART IV: CONCLUSION
In Conclusion: Comparative Assessment of Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in the Americas; A.Kalunta-Crumpton
Bibliography
Index.