Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime

Gabbidon (criminal justice, Pennsylvania State U. at Harrisburg) presents the second edition of his review of the international theoretical literature within criminology on the relationship between race, ethnicity, and crime, which is intended to provide a starting point for exploring how criminological theory understands and contextualizes racial and ethnic disparities in criminal justice systems. In addition to updating the work with some 100 new citations, he has added new discussions of such emerging perspectives such as "Deadly Symbiosis," critical race theory/criminology, comparative conflict theory, and maximization. Much of the material, however, focuses on traditional criminological theories, although some are left out because of the limited amount of research concerning racial disparities. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Shaun L. Gabbidon is Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg. He has served as a Fellow at Harvard University’s W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, and as an adjunct Associate Professor in the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His most recent books include Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Justice: An International Dilemma (2009) and the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (2009; co-edited with Dr. Helen Taylor Greene).