This book argues that a theory of crime specific to the African American experience is justified by qualitative and quantitative data, not just because of the d

A little more than a century ago, the famous social scientist W.E.B. Du Bois asserted that a true understanding of African American offending must be grounded i

In light of the Black Lives Matter movement and protests in many cities, the role of race in crime and justice is now ever-more salient. This volume seeks to ex

Past studies have suggested that offenders desist from crime due to a range of factors, such as familial pressures, faith based interventions or financial incen

What explains the well-documented racial disparities in rates of homicide and other acts of criminal violence in the United States? Critically confronting the c