Much of the focus in the existing literature on racial disparities in capital punishment in the United States has focused on differential treatment between African Americans and Caucasians, with limit
The US passed the Secure Fence Act in 2006 to keep out illegal immigrants across the US-Mexico border. Mendoza (sociology, Chabot College, Hayward, CA) addresses issues posed by this barrier in the tw
In this beautifully-written memoir of immigrants' struggles with identity, women's roles, change and resilience, Shavarini (Brandeis U.) traces the experiences of four generations of her Iranian famil
Rather than entering the debate about whether racial bias or legal factors are responsible for racial disparities in the death sentence, Flexon (criminal justice, Florida International U.) explores ho
Shelton, who is chief judge of a court system in Michigan and an adjunct instructor at Cooley Law School and Eastern Michigan U., considers which types of scientific forensic evidence have enough vali
Based on studies of two congregations in New York (the Chinese Community Church and the Korean Presbyterian Church), this analysis examines issues of racial formation, religious belief, and ethnic ide
It is generally accepted that the Espionage and Sedition Acts that were passed during WWI in the United States were so vaguely worded that they caused a real curtailment of the constitutional freedom
This study focuses on victim selection by rapists and what it can reveal about the controversy over motives. Spivak (sociology, U. of Nevada-Las Vegas) gives background on the debate between feminist
Building on his earlier work in Street People and the Contested Realms of Public Space, Amster (peace studies and social thought, Prescott College) explores interconnections among the lived experience
Counter to poplar conception, most police records are not shared between agencies. This book reports on research on the value of information sharing in policing. The research encompasses several types
Trieu explores the ethnic identity formation of second-generation Chinese-Vietnamese. Many Chinese-Vietnamese Americans grew up questioning which ethnicity they belonged to. By disentangling the expe
Noble shows how "black rage" grows out of inmate subculture and prison culture to increase violence in prisons.Noble's thesis is that African-American inmates transport "black rage" into the prison su
Johnson (criminal justice, Washington State U.) offers a well-reasoned discussion of policing and the overwhelming need for improved communications. The author points out that police agencies typicall
Focusing on urban street killing, Warley (social work, California State U., Los Angeles) examines pathways to homicide for adolescent male offenders as a means to understand the process. She documents
If the fears of many Americans are true, immigrants commit violent crimes. However, those fears are not necessarily based on the facts. Stowell (immigration research, Florida International U.) notes t
This volume, part of the "Law and Society" series, places the "Real ID Act" ("Improved Security for Drivers' Licenses and Personal Identification Cards") signed into law by George W. Bush in 2005, wit
Clark?s (research analyst at the Minnesota Department of Corrections) book is part of the series, Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship. The book has seven chapters that cover the following topics in r