Race and Crime

Shaun L. Gabbidon is Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg. He earned his PhD in Criminology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Gabbidon has served as a fellow at Harvard University’s W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research and as an adjunct faculty member in the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His areas of interest include race and crime, criminal justice and criminology pedagogy, and private security.  Professor Gabbidon is the author of more than 100 scholarly publications, including 60 peer-reviewed articles and 11 books.  Helen Taylor Greene is Professor of Administration of Justice in the Barbara Jordan–Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs (SPA) at Texas Southern University (TSU). She completed her BS in Sociology at Howard University, her MS in the Administration of Justice at American University, and both her MA in Political Science and PhD in Criminology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her areas of research include race and crime, juvenile justice, and policing. She has authored and co-authored books, has peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and has served as lead editor for the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (2009). 

CHAPTER 1. Overview of Race and Crime
Race, DNA, Criminal Justice Databases, and Civil Rights Concerns
Race, Ethnicity, and the U.S. Population in 2013
Race, Ethnicity, and Population Trends
Prejudice and Discrimination
Historical Antecedents of Race and Crime in America
CHAPTER 2. Extent of Crime and Victimization
History of Crime and Victimization Statistics in the United States
The Uniform Crime Reporting Program
Victimization Surveys
Limitations of Arrest and Victimization Data
Arrest Trends
Victimization Trends
CHAPTER 3. Theoretical Perspectives on Race and Crime
What Is Theory?
Biology, Race, and Crime
Sociological Explanations
Collective Efficacy
Culture Conflict Theory
Strain/Anomie Theory
General Strain Theory
Subcultural Theory
Conflict Theory
The Colonial Model
Integrated and Nontraditional Theories on Race and Crime
CHAPTER 4. Policing
Overview of Policing in America
Historical Overview of Race and Policing
Contemporary Issues in Race and Policing
CHAPTER 5. Courts
Overview of American Courts: Actors and Processes
Historical Overview of Race and the Courts in America
Contemporary Issues in Race and the Courts
Scholarship on Race/Ethnicity, Bail, and Pretrial Release
Drug Courts
CHAPTER 6. Sentencing
Sentencing Philosophies
Historical Overview of Race and Sentencing
Contemporary Issues in Race and Sentencing
CHAPTER 7. The Death Penalty
Significant Death Penalty Cases
Historical Overview of Race and the Death Penalty
Current Statistics on the Death Penalty
Scholarship on Race and the Death Penalty
Public Opinion and the Death Penalty
Contemporary Issues in Race and the Death Penalty
CHAPTER 8. Corrections
Overview of American Corrections
Historical Overview of Race and Corrections
Contemporary State of Corrections
Contemporary Issues in Race and Corrections
CHAPTER 9. Juvenile Justice
Overview of Juvenile Justice
Historical Overview of Race and Juvenile Justice
Race, Juvenile Crime, and Victimization
Youth in the Juvenile Justice System