Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in the Americas

A. Kalunta-Crumpton

Jan 2012 · Springer

About this ebook

This book examines race, ethnicity, crime and criminal justice in the Americas and moves beyond the traditional focus on North America to incorporate societies in Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

Ratings and reviews

Colin Flaherty received numerous accolades for his work in mainstream journalism, and now conducts a weekly radio program with his brother in which they view politics from a left-right divide. In addition, Colin just wrote a book that is not about its seeming topic. From first glance, this book would appear to be about race riots, and while it documents them well, the real purpose of this book is to ask Americans what’s wrong with us. Why can’t we talk honestly about this situation, why can’t we talk honestly about race, and why does our media avoid mention of necessary facts? Flaherty works his magic by creating a fact pattern out of many disparate news articles, which he then compares to YouTube footage of the event, showing us what actually happened. As this is an e-book, you can follow the links yourself, which is what this book challenges you to do. He does not ever stray into racism — at all. He does not blame African-Americans, or anyone else, for this spate of black on women, homosexuals, Asians and whites. He simply points out that it is occurring and that it upsets all Americans and weakens our faith in our media, who are brushing it under the rug. Writing in clear and sometimes sarcastic prose, Flaherty speaks from his strength, which is understanding media. He links together abundant citations, all from mainstream media and many from African-American media, in order to illustrate his point.

About the author

MARIKA DAWKINS Doctoral student in the College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology at Prairie View A&M University, USA KINGSLEY EJIOGU Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Administration of Justice, Texas Southern University, USA GABRIEL FERREYRA-OROZCO Graduate Researcher at Arizona State University, USA CAMILLE GIBSON Associate Professor at Prairie View A&M University, Texas, USA MARK HARRIS Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia LOUISE HENRY Doctoral Candidate in Juvenile Justice at Prairie View A&M, Texas, USA DEVON JOHNSON Professor at Grace Mason University, USA DANIEL MIGUEZ Professor at the University of the State of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research of Argentina AKWASI OWUSU-BEMPAH Researcher at the University of Toronto, Canada JAMES PALOMBO Social Worker, Professor, Writer and Editor of Ragazine TAMMY RINEHART KOCHEL Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA FERNANDO URREA GIRALDO Professor at the University of Valle, Colombia SCOT WORTLEY Associate Professor of Criminology at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto, Canada