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Blacks and Crime A Function of Class
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By James A. Chambers
ISBN: 0-275-94937-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94937-2
368 pages, figures, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/1995
List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: This text examines the social forces that influence Black responses to differential conditions in American society. It raises the issue of differential social status and its effect on whites who are similarly situated at the low end of the class spectrum. Chambers identifies the elements that contribute to the fluctuations in maintaining the status quo and analyzes the attempts made to control dissidence. The standard functional approach is taken so students can interpret the data within a traditional theoretical framework. Chambers' book is an excellent introductory work in criminology on America's most challenging issue, racism.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Theorizing
  • Class, Family Structure, and Conflict
  • Class and Race
  • Black Families in Contemporary U.S.
  • Race and the Attack on EEOC
  • Pathologies Confronted by the Black Family
  • Perspectives on Delinquent and Criminal Behavior
  • Weakness of Existing Explanations
  • Race, Delinquency and Crime
  • Hate, Crime and Social Structure
  • Employee Theft
  • Economic Decline and Black Males
  • Assaultive Behavior
  • Sanction and Compliance Norms
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 94-8338
LCC Class: HV6791
Dewey Class: 364.3
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