Race, ethnicity and law /

• Other Authors: Deflem, Mathieu (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
• Series: Sociology of crime, law and deviance ; v. 22.
• Subjects: Social Science > Criminology.; Law & society.; Criminology.; Social sciences.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 pages).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781787146037 (e-book)
• ISSN: 1521-6136 ;

This new volume of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance addresses issues of race and ethnicity within the law and law-related phenomena. Even in today's so-called multicultural, post-racial world racial and ethnic concerns prevail in many aspects of modern law. Contributors to this volume examine racial and ethnic disparities in sentencing and punishment; the continued problematic nature of the African American experience within the US system; the criminalization of immigrants; racial inequities in the administration of drug laws; and the racial disparities that affect juvenile justice. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers in law, socio-legal studies, criminology, criminal justice, sociology and public policy.