Disproportionate minority contact : current issues and policies / edited by Nicolle Parsons-Pollard.
| Other author | Parsons-Pollard, Nicolle Y., 1967- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Second Edition. |
| Publication | Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2017] |
| Description | xviii, 309 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The worsening problem of racial disparity in U.S. juvenile justice systems / Ashley Nellis -- Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) : a historical and contemporary perspective / Nicolle Parsons-Pollard and Andrea R. Coleman -- Measuring DMC : the origins and use of the relative rate index / William Feyerherm -- An examination of the effects of race on intake decision-making in four jurisdictions at two different points in time / Michael Leiber, Jennifer H. Peck, and Myra Fields -- Assessing dmc initiatives : a case study of two states / Mary Poulin, Stan Orchowsky, and Janice Iwama -- Understanding disproportionality and child welfare / Marian S. Harris -- What's fueling DMC? : the role of school discipline decisions on disproportionality in the juvenile justice system / Cherie Dawson-Edwards, Nadia Nelson and Katie Nuss -- Criminal justice, race and the war on drugs / Ojmarrh Mitchell and Michael J. Lynch -- After ferguson a familiar era of race, crime, and policing : the impact of law enforcement on persistent race-differentiated arrest rates / John David Reitzel -- Increasing police legitimacy through body-worn cameras / Amy Kyle Cook, Shana Mell, and William V. Pelfrey, Jr. -- Privileged mexicans : race and class effects on support for crime control / George Wilson, Bryan Lagae, and Alex R. Piquero -- The prison industrial complex : contributing mechanisms and collateral consequences of disproportionality on African-American communities / Isis N. Walton and Shanieka S. Jones -- Politics, policy, and DMC communities : the impact of community political disempowerment on DMC / Cherie Dawson-Edwards -- Tackling the DMC mandate: researchers and universities as local resources / Nicolle Parsons-Pollard. |
| General note | Revised edition of Disproportionate minority contact, c2011. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Case studies. |
| LCCN | 2016045362 |
| ISBN | 9781531002633 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1531002633 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HV9104 .D57 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |