Building a Black Criminology, Volume 24

Race, Theory, and Crime

James D. Unnever, Shaun L. Gabbidon, Cecilia Chouhy

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Routledge
25 February 2020

Black & Asian studies; Crime & criminology

Series: Advances in Criminological Theory

"In light of the Black Lives Matter movement and protests in many cities, race plays an ever more salient role in crime and justice. Within theoretical criminology, however, race has oddly remained on the periphery. It is often introduced as a control variable in tests of theories and is rarely incorporated as a central construct in mainstream paradigms (e.g., control, social learning, and strain theories). When race is discussed, the standard approach is to embrace the racial invariance thesis, which argues that any racial differences in crime are due to African Americans being exposed to the same criminogenic risk factors as are Whites, just more of them. An alternative perspective has emerged that seeks to identify the unique, racially specific conditions that only Blacks experience. Within the United States, these conditions are rooted in the historical racial oppression experienced by African Americans, whose contemporary legacy includes concentrated disadvantage in segregated communities, racial socialization by parents, experiences with and perceptions of racial discrimination, and disproportionate involvement in and unjust treatment by the criminal justice system.

Importantly, racial invariance and race specificity are not mutually exclusive perspectives. Evidence exists that Blacks and Whites commit crimes for both the same reasons (invariance) and for different reasons (race-specific). A full understanding of race and crime thus must involve demarcating both the general and specific causes of crime, the latter embedded in what it means to be ""Black"" in the United States. This volume seeks to explore these theoretical issues in a depth and breadth that is not common under one cover. Again, given the salience of race and crime, this volume should be of interest to a wide range of criminologists and have the potential to be used in graduate seminars and upper-level undergraduate courses."

Edited by: James D. Unnever, Shaun L. Gabbidon, Cecilia Chouhy
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9780367504915
ISBN 10: 036750491X
Series: Advances in Criminological Theory
Pages: 422
Publication Date: 25 February 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

James D. Unnever is a Professor of Criminology at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. Shaun L. Gabbidon is a Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice at Penn State Harrisburg. Cecilia Chouhy is an Assistant Professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the Florida State University.