The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America

by Cassia C. Spohn, Samuel E. Walker, Miriam DeLone, et al.

Book Overview

Comprehensive and balanced, THE COLOR OF JUSTICE: RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CRIME IN AMERICA is the definitive introduction to current research and theories of racial and ethnic discrimination within... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534594999
• ISBN13: 9780534594992
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America

The book was very helpful, well written, and informative to me for my class. It has alot of statistical information and data.

Careful, unbiased review of the evidence

There is nothing casual about this book's consideration of racial bias in the criminal justice system. The authors offer a very careful, balanced and thorough evaluation of racial bias in the various stages of the arrest, sentencing, incarceration, etc. based on a comprehensive consideration of the evidence from numerous studies. What is so striking about this study is that the authors are able to describe this evidence in a very understandable way that should be accessible to the general public. They find that while some areas of the criminal justice system are racial discriminatory, others are not. An excellent book!