Race, ethnicity and law / edited by Mathieu Deflem.
This new volume of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance addresses issues of race and ethnicity within the law and law-related phenomena. Even in today's so-called multicultural, post-racial world racial and ethnic concerns prevail in many aspects of modern law. Contributors to this volume exami...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017. Ã2017 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Sociology of crime, law, and deviance ;
v. 22. |
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| Summary: | This new volume of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance addresses issues of race and ethnicity within the law and law-related phenomena. Even in today's so-called multicultural, post-racial world racial and ethnic concerns prevail in many aspects of modern law. Contributors to this volume examine racial and ethnic disparities in sentencing and punishment; the continued problematic nature of the African American experience within the US system; the criminalization of immigrants; racial inequities in the administration of drug laws; and the racial disparities that affect juvenile justice. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers in law, socio-legal studies, criminology, criminal justice, sociology and public policy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 294 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781787146037 1787146030 1787149919 9781787149915 |
| ISSN: | 1521-6136 ; |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |