Race Crime and Resistance

Race Crime and Resistance offers a thought-provoking account of the problematic construction of crimes as racialized. Critical empirically grounded and theoretically informed it unpicks the persistence of concepts of race and ethnicity in perceptions and representations of crime. In a post-Macpherson post-9/11 context criminal justice agencies are having to adapt their responses to criminal behavior across diverse ethnic groups. This book draws on contemporary theory and a range of case studies to consider racial inequalities within the criminal justice system and related organizations. It explores the mechanisms of discrimination and exclusion and the ensuing processes of mobilization and resistance.