TY  - BOOK
AU  - Russell-Brown,Katheryn
TI  - Underground Codes: Race, Crime and Related Fires 
SN  - 9780814775400
U1  - 364/.08/0973 22
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - american
KW  - codes
KW  - enforcement
KW  - examination
KW  - influence
KW  - law
KW  - myths
KW  - policy
KW  - powerful
KW  - public
KW  - racial
KW  - that
KW  - unspoken
N1  - restricted access
N2  - Winner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable MentionAmericans fear crime, are rattled by race and avoid honest discussions of both. Anxiety, denial, miscommunication, and ignorance abound. Imaginary connections between minorities and crime become real, self-fulfilling prophecies and authentic links to race, class, gender and crime go unexplored. Katheryn Russell-Brown, author of the highly acclaimed The Color of Crime, makes her way through this intellectual minefield, determined to shed light on the most persistent and perplexing domestic policy issues. The author tackles a range of race and crime issues. From outdated research methods that perpetuate stereotypes about African Americans, women, and crime to the over hyped discourse about gangsta rap and law breaking, Russell-Brown challenges the conventional wisdom of criminology. Underground Codes delves into understudied topics such as victimization rates for Native Americans-among the highest of any racial group-and how racial profiling affects the day-to-day lives of people of color. Innovative, well-researched and meticulously documented, Underground Codes makes a case for greater public involvement in the debate over law enforcement-and our own language-that must be heard if we are to begin to have a productive national conversation about crime and race
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