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Author:   Scott W. Bowman
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.429kg
ISBN:  

9780313399039

ISBN 10:   0313399034
Pages:   669
Publication Date:   11 August 2014
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Series Foreword Volume 1: Historical and Contemporary Issues 1. How Did We Get Here?: Historical Considerations of Minority Imprisonment Scott Wm. Bowman 2. Jim Crow: A Total Institution—Navigating a Gateless Prison System Ruth Thompson-Miller and Joe Feagin 3. Hegemony and Collective Memories: Japanese-American Relocation and Imprisonment on American Indian ""Land"" Pedro Rodriguez and Pat Lauderdale 4. Residential Segregation and the Construction of an Incarcerated Underclass: Historical Considerations Scott Wm. Bowman 5. The Marginalization and Criminalization of the Black Male Image in Postmodern America Ronnie A. Dunn 6. Race/Ethnicity, Historical Labor Punishments, and the Evolution of Private Prisons Sarah Scott 7. Court-Involved Latina Girls: Shackled, Silenced, and Invisible Vera Lopez and Lisa Pasko 8. Race, Rape, and Disparity: A Historical Perspective Anne Li Kringen 9. The Incarcerative Mentality of Eurocentrism: Prisoner Identification and Jailing the Imperfect Body Nikitah Imani 10. Historical Perspectives on Race and the War on Drugs and the Prolonged Effects of Racially Biased Laws and Policies Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein 11. The Juvenile Justice System: An Analysis of Discretion and Minority Overrepresentation Tony A. Barringer and Belinda E. Bruster 12. Asian Americans, Deviance, Crime, and the Model Minority Myth Tamara K. Nopper 13. We Shall Not Forget This: Native Americans and Colonial Racism in American Prisons Carl Root and Michael J. Lynch 14. The Mass Incarceration of Latinos in the United States: Looking Ahead to the Year 2050 Roberto J. Velasquez and Susana M. Funes 15. Impact of Mass Incarceration on African-American Women Dorothy S. Ruiz Volume 2: Public Policy and the U.S. Prison System 16. What Keeps Us Here?: Policies and Practices That Shape Minority Overrepresentation Scott Wm. Bowman 17. Ethno-Racial Factors in the U.S. Prison System: Forensic Psychological Realities of Correctional Officers Ronn Johnson 18. Counseling, Treatment, and Culture in Prison: One Size Fits All? Leonard Steverson 19. Prison Privatization: The Political Economy of Race Laurie A. Gould and Matthew Pate 20. The Zero Point of Mass Incarceration: Mandatory Minimums and the Enfleshment of Determinate Sentencing Nicholas Brady 21. Race and the Three Strikes Law Brian Chad Starks and Alana Van Gundy 22. How Prisons Became Dystopias of Color and Poverty: Prison Abolition Lessons from the War on Drugs Michael J. Coyle 23. Return to the Rez: Native American Parolees' Transitions to Community Life Joseph S. Masters and Timothy P. Hilton 24. Race and the Death Penalty in America Danielle Dirks and Emma Zack 25. Reentry, Revocation, and Recidivism for Racial/Ethnic Minorities Nkrumah Lewis 26. Racial/Ethnic Imprisonment and the Larger Community Effects Eileen M. Ahlin 27. Muslims, the War on Terror, and Prisons Elyshia Aseltine 28. The Ghosts of Slavery: Trying Juveniles as Adults Christopher Bickel and Janette Diaz 29. Privilege and Prison: A Reconstruction of the Race/Crime Paradigm Scott Wm. Bowman Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors Index"

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Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and faculty in sociology and criminology; criminal justice professionals and police training academies. - Choice

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Scott Wm. Bowman, PhD, is associate professor of criminal justice at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.

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