Screen LibraryInvestigating difference : human and cultural relations in criminal justice /
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xx, 299 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780205302055 : 020530205X |
| Index Number: | HV9950 |
| CLC: |
D971.26 D917.9 |
| Call Number: | D917.9/I625 |
| Contents: |
Framing Difference -- Introduction: Investigating Difference / This Book -- Conceptualizing Difference / Difference Is Socially Constructed -- Difference Assumes a Norm or Standard that Reflects Power Relations within the Culture -- Difference Matters -- Law Plays a Critical Role in Creating and Maintaining Difference; It Can Also Be Used to Ameliorate the Negative Consequence of Difference -- Differences Overlap One Another -- Differences and Their Consequences Can Be Changed -- White Male Privilege and the Construction of Crime / Continuum of Discrimination or Disparate Treatment -- Majority Population Defined -- White Ethnic Groups -- Visibility -- The Catholic Irish, Italians, and Jews -- The Typical Offender, Victim, and Service Provider: Gate Keeping -- The Typical Offender? -- The Typical Victim? -- The Typical Service Provider? -- Categories of Difference -- Stolen Lands, Stolen Lives: Native Americans and Criminal Justice / Historical Context -- Native American Offenders -- Native American Victims of Crime -- Native American Service Providers -- Exclusion, Inclusion, and Violence: Immigrants and Criminal Justice / Immigration Patterns -- Anti-Immigrant Sentiments -- Immigrants as Offenders -- Illegal Aliens -- Criminal Aliens -- Organized Crime -- Immigrants as Victims -- Immigrants as Service Providers in the Criminal Justice System. |