Name: Underground Codes: Race, Crime, and Related Fires
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Author: Katheryn Russell-Brown
ISBN: 9780814775417

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Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Nyu Press

Author

Katheryn Russell-Brown

Year

2004

Language

English

Pages

175

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0814775411

ISBN13

9780814775417

Synopsis "Underground Codes: Race, Crime, and Related Fires"

Winner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention)Americans fear crime, are rattled by race and avoid honest discussions of both. Anxiety, denial, miscommunication, and ignorance abound. Imaginary connections between minorities and crime become real, self-fulfilling prophecies and authentic links to race, class, gender and crime go unexplored. Katheryn Russell-Brown, author of the highly acclaimed The Color of Crime, makes her way through this intellectual minefield, determined to shed light on the most persistent and perplexing domestic policy issues. The author tackles a range of race and crime issues. From outdated research methods that perpetuate stereotypes about African Americans, women, and crime to the over hyped discourse about gangsta rap and law breaking, Russell-Brown challenges the conventional wisdom of criminology. Underground Codes delves into understudied topics such as victimization rates for Native Americans—among the highest of any racial group—and how racial profiling affects the day-to-day lives of people of color. Innovative, well-researched and meticulously documented, Underground Codes makes a case for greater public involvement in the debate over law enforcement—and our own language—that must be heard if we are to begin to have a productive national conversation about crime and race.