Violent Crime: Assessing Race and Ethnic Differences

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511499456

Analysts have long noted that some societies have much higher rates of criminal violence than others. They have also observed that the risk of being a victim or a perpetrator of violent crime varies considerably from one individual to another. In societies with ethnically and racially diverse populations, some ethnic and racial groups have been reported to have higher rates of violent offending and victimization than other groups. This exceptional collection of original essays explores the extent and causes of racial and ethnic differences in violent crime in the United States and several other contemporary societies, including Canada, New Zealand, and England. The authors critically examine the credibility of the evidence of group differences in rates of violent crime and debate the merits of many of the popular theories that have been put forth to explain them.

'Violent Crime: Assessing Race and Ethnic Differences is an extremely interesting collection of articles … This collection constitutes an entertaining treatment of the problem of violent crime in relation to ethnic groups … The review of the research is very rich and will certainly save the researchers with similar interests a great deal of time. Moreover, this collection provides a significant number of cutting-edge, original research studies … will move debating about ethnic/'racial' differences in violent crime forward. This collection will be a standard work for the academic and the researcher of 'race', ethnicity, crime and justice. However, it is to policy makers that I highly recommend this book.'

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
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Contributors
pp ix-x
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Foreword
pp xi-xii
- By James F. Short, Jr., Professor of African-American Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Editor's Introduction
pp xiii-xxvi
- By Darnell F. Hawkins, Professor of African-American Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Violent Crime
pp xxvii-xxviii
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Part I - Homicide Studies
pp 1-2
- By Darnell F. Hawkins, Professor of African-American Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago
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1 - Homicide Risk and Level of Victimization in Two Concentrated Poverty Enclaves: A Black/Hispanic Comparison
pp 3-21
- By Harold M. Rose, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Paula D. McClain, Duke University
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2 - Moving Beyond Black and White Violence: African American, Haitian, and Latino Homicides in Miami
pp 22-43
- By Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Florida International University
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3 - Homicide in Los Angeles County: A Study of Latino Victimization
pp 44-66
- By Marc Riedel, Southern Illinois University
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4 - Economic Correlates of Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Homicide: Houston, 1945–1994
pp 67-88
- By Victoria E. Titterington, Sam Houston State University, Kelly R. Damphousse, University of Oklahoma
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5 - The Race/Ethnicity and Poverty Nexus of Violent Crime: Reconciling Differences in Chicago's Community Area Homicide Rates
pp 89-114
- By Calvin C. Johnson, University of Pennsylvania, Chanchalat Chanhatasilpa, University of Maryland
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Part II - Other Contexts, Settings, and Forms of Violence
pp 115-116
- By Darnell F. Hawkins, Professor of African-American Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago
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6 - Sanction Effects, Violence, and Native North American Street Youth
pp 117-137
- By Bill McCarthy, University of California at Davis, John Hagan, Northwestern University
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7 - Ethnicity and Interpersonal Violence in a New Zealand Birth Cohort
pp 138-153
- By David M. Fergusson, University of Otago
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8 - Racist Victimization in England and Wales
pp 154-170
- By Ben Bowling, University of Surrey, Coretta Phillips, London School of Economics
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9 - Race, Gender, and Woman Battering
pp 171-197
- By Evan Stark, Rutgers University-Newark
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10 - Gender Entrapment and African-American Women: An Analysis of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Intimate Violence
pp 198-210
- By Beth E. Richie, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Part III - Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences
pp 211-212
- By Darnell F. Hawkins, Professor of African-American Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago
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11 - How Can the Relationship between Race and Violence be Explained?
pp 213-237
- By David P. Farrington, University of Cambridge, Rolf Loeber, University of Pittsburgh, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, University of Pittsburgh
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12 - “Race Effects” and Conceptual Ambiguity in Violence Research: Bringing Inequality Back In
pp 238-253
- By Marino A. Bruce, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vincent J. Roscigno, The Ohio State University
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13 - The Violent Black Male: Conceptions of Race in Criminological Theories
pp 254-279
- By Jeanette Covington, Rutgers University
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14 - The Structural-Cultural Perspective: A Theory of Black Male Violence
pp 280-302
- By William Oliver, Indiana University
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15 - A Cultural Psychology Framework for the Study of African-American Morality and Violence
pp 303-318
- By Robert J. Jagers, Howard University, Jacqueline Mattis, University of Michigan, Katrina Walker, East Carolina University
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16 - Racial Discrimination and Violence: A Longitudinal Perspective
pp 319-330
- By Joan McCord, Temple University, Margaret E. Ensminger, Johns Hopkins University
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17 - Honor, Class, and White Southern Violence: A Historical Perspective
pp 331-354
- By Frankie Y. Bailey, University of Albany
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References
pp 355-408
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Index
pp 409-432
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