The Color of Crime (book)
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The Color of Crime: Racial Hoaxes, White Fear, Black Protectionism, Police Harassment and Other Macroaggressions is a 1998 book by American academic Katheryn Russell-Brown (Katheryn K. Russell at the time of the book's publication), published by New York University Press (NYUP), with a second edition in 2008. The book discusses the topic of race and crime in the United States, particularly in the context of black–white relations.
It looks at the stereotypes of
Synopsis
The Color of Crime provides an overview of race, crime, and law, beginning with a discussion of slavery.
The book popularised the term "
- Criminal penalties apply to everyone, regardless of the race of the offender.
- Criminal penalties apply to everyone, regardless of the race of the victim.
- The race of the offender is not relevant in determining whether his actions constitute a crime. The offender's actions would have been considered criminal, even if he were another race.
- The race of the victim is not relevant in determining whether the offender's action constitutes a crime.
- The offender's racial pedigree (e.g., "degree of Blackness") is not used to determine punishment.
- There are checks and balances that mitigate against racial bias within the legal system.[6][7]
Reception
The Color of Crime has been widely cited since its publication and has been described as a pivotal book.
However, Russell-Brown, who is
References
- ^ "The Color of Crime: Racial Hoaxes, White Fear, Black Protectionism, Police Harassment, and other Macroaggressions"[dead link] Ethnic Studies Review. 1 January 1998. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ISBN 0-313-31033-5
- ^ Russell-Brown, p. 71.
- ^ Russell-Brown, p. 70.
- ^ Russell-Brown, pp. 69–70.
- ^ a b March 1999. [Review by Hernán Vera] (via JSTOR). American Journal of Sociology 104 (5): pp. 1548–1550.
- ^ Miller, Erin. "Black, Poor, and Incarcerated: Criminal Justice in America" Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. peaceworkmagazine.org (Peacework Magazine). July/August 2000. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ISBN 0-275-97244-5
- ^ "The Color of Crime (Second Edition)". New York University Press. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-7425-6079-6
- ^ "The Color of Crime: Racial Hoaxes, White Fear, Black Protectionism, Police Harassment and Other Macroaggressions" Archived 2012-01-10 at the Wayback Machine. Law and Politics Book Review website citing a review by Randy Glean in Law and Politics Book Review 8 (6): pp. 268–269.
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