Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in the Americas

This book examines race, ethnicity, crime and criminal justice in the Americas and moves beyond the traditional focus on North America to incorporate societies in Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

ANITA KALUNTA-CRUMPTONProfessor of Administration of Justice at Texas Southern University, USA. She is the author of Race and Drug Trials: The Social Construction of Guilt and InnocenceandDrugs, Victims and Race: The Politics of Drug Control. She is also co-editor (with Biko Agozino) of Pan-African Issues in Crime and Justice and Race, Crime and Criminal Justice: International Perspectives.

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
PART I: NORTH AMERICA
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Canada; S.Wortley& A.Owusu-Bempah
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in the United States; A.Kalunta-Crumpton& K.Ejiogu
PART II:LATIN AMERICA
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Cuba: A Commentary; J.Palombo
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Argentina; DMiguez
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Brazil; M.Harris
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Colombia; F.Giraldo
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Mexico; G.Ferreyra-Orozco
PART III: THE CARIBBEAN
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Jamaica; L. Henry, M.Dawkins& C.Gibson
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in Trinidad and Tobago; D.Johnson& T.Kochel
PART IV: CONCLUSION
In Conclusion: Comparative Assessment of Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in the Americas; A.Kalunta-Crumpton
Bibliography
Index