CRJU 20423 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: American Anthropological Association, Alaska Natives, Racial Profiling
Document Summary
Critical issues in crime and justice by maguire & okada chapter 8: race and crime. Introduction: the concepts of race and crime have been inextricably linked in the study of criminology and criminal justice since the late 19th century, courses explore the economic, historical, political, and sociological contexts of race and crime. Most examine historical and contemporary issues including race and the extent of crime, police, courts, corrections, juvenile justice, disproportionate minority confinement and contact, bias and hate crime, immigration and crime, racial profiling and sentencing disparities. Definitional issues: the definition of race is complex. Indian, or alaskan native, black or african american, native hawaiian or other. Race, crime, and victimization: two major sources of statistics on crime and victimization are the ucr, collected and compiled by the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) and the national. Crime victimization survey (ncvs), complied for the bureau of justice.
