This landmark book presents the contributions of African Americans past and present to understanding crime, criminological theory, and the administration of justice. The authors devote individual chapters to African American pioneers Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W. E. B. Du Bois, E. Franklin Frazier, and Monroe N. Work, and contemporary scholars Lee P. Brown, Daniel Georges-Abeyie, Darnell F. Hawkins, Coramae Richey Mann, William Julius Wilson, and Vernetta D. Young. Included for each individual are a biography, information on their contributions to criminological thought, and a list of selected references. A wide range of issues are covered such as lynching, the convict lease system, homicide, female crime and delinquency, terrorism, community policing, the black ethnic monolith paradigm, and explanations of criminality.
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List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Historical Scholars
Overview
1. Ida B. Wells-Barnett
2. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
3. Monroe Nathan Work
4. E. Franklin Frazier
Part II. Contemporary Scholars
Overview
5. Coramae Richey Mann
6. William Julius Wilson
7. Lee Patrick Brown
8. Darnell Felix Hawkins
9. Daniel E. Georges-Abeyie
10. Vernetta Denise Young
Conclusion
About the Authors
Name Index
Subject Index
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Helen Taylor Greene is Professor in the Administration of Justice Department in the Barbara Jordan–Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University.
Shaun L. Gabbidon is Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg.