Blacks and Crime: A Function of Class / Edition 1

by James A. Chambers

Overview

This text examines the social forces that influence Black responses to differential conditions in American society. It raises the issue of differential social status and its effect on whites who are similarly situated at the low end of the class spectrum. Chambers identifies the elements that contribute to the fluctuations in maintaining the status quo and analyzes the attempts made to control dissidence. The standard functional approach is taken so students can interpret the data within a traditional theoretical framework. Chambers' book is an excellent introductory work in criminology on America's most challenging issue, racism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275949372
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/28/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile:	1450L (what's this?)

About the Author

JAMES A. CHAMBERS is Assistant Professor of Criminology at Indiana State University. He has published Slavery, Philosophy, and Socioeconomic Disorder (1993).

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Theorizing
Class, Family Structure, and Conflict
Class and Race
Black Families in Contemporary U.S.
Race and the Attack on EEOC
Pathologies Confronted by the Black Family
Perspectives on Delinquent and Criminal Behavior
Weakness of Existing Explanations
Race, Delinquency and Crime
Hate, Crime and Social Structure
Employee Theft
Economic Decline and Black Males
Assaultive Behavior
Sanction and Compliance Norms
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A series of 14 chapters on closely related themes regarding class, Blacks, and crime in which Chambers (criminology, Indiana State U.) assumes that the exploitation by a dominant class through the manipulation of philosophical values is responsible for differential behavior and the resulting attempts at social control. Among his topics are family structure and conflict, employee theft, economic decline and males, the adolescent decision to enter the drug trade, and sanctions and compliance norms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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