Race and crime : A critical engagement

Table of contents
'Race', 'Crime' and Society;
Introduction;
The Social Construction of 'Race';
The Social Construction of 'Crime';
Race and Crime: A Critical Engagement;
Structure of the Book;
Summary;
Study Questions;
Further Reading;
Race, Crime and the Criminological Imagination;
Introduction;
Race and the Development of Classical Criminology;
Criminology as Science: Race and the Emergence of the Positivist School;
Race, Ethnicity and Sociological Positivism;
'Empiricism' to 'Social Constructionism';
Summary;
Study Questions;
Further Reading;
Race, Crime and Popular Culture;
Introduction;
Race and Crime in News Media;
Infotainment;
Screen Fiction;
Digital Media;
Summary;
Study Questions;
Further Reading;
Disproportionality in Offending;
Introduction;
Statistical Evidence of Disproportionality ;
Other Evidence of Disproportionality;
Guns, Gangs and Street Crime: Mugging and Onwards;
Race and Crime: A Critical Realist Perspective;
Summary;
Study Questions;
Further Reading;
Race and Victimization;
Introduction;
Minority Ethnic Groups and Criminal Victimization;
Racist Hate Crime: Victims and Perpetrators;
Responding to Racist Crime;
Summary;
Study Questions;
Further Reading;
Race, Conflict and Human Rights;
Introduction;
Human Rights Abuse and the Failure of Criminology;
Towards a Criminology of Genocide ;
Criminology, Environmental Harm and Neo-Colonialism;
Summary;
Study Questions;
Further Reading;
Disproportionality in the Criminal Justice System;
Introduction;
Minority Ethnic Groups in the Criminal Justice System of England and Wales;
International Comparisons;
Explaining the Over-Representation of Minorities in Criminal Justice Systems;
Summary;
Study Questions;
Further Reading;
Diversity and Representation in the Criminal Justice System;
Introduction;
Recruitment, Retention and Promotion;
Enhancing Diversity within the Criminal Justice System;
Promoting the Diversity Agenda;
Workforce Diversity: Necessary but Insufficient Conditions for Reform;
Summary;
Study Questions;
Further Reading;
Islam, Terrorism and Security ;
Introduction: Terrorism and Security into the 21st Century;
Muslims as 'Suspect Communities';
Summary;
Study Questions;
Further Reading;
Race and Crime: A Critical Engagement;
Introduction;
Ethnic Monitoring in Criminal Justice;
Summary;
Study Questions;
Further Reading