Color behind Bars: Racism in the U.S. Prison System
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Chapter, The Incarcerative Mentality of Eurocentrism: Prisoner Identification and Jailing the Imperfect Body, authored by Nikita Imani, UNO faculty member.
Low-income African Americans, Latin Americans, and American Indians bear the statistical brunt of policing, death penalty verdicts, and sentencing disparities in the United States. Why does this long-standing inequity exist in a country where schoolchildren are taught to expect "justice for all"? The original essays in this two-volume set not only examine the deep-rooted issues and lay out theories as to why racism remains a problem in our prison system, but they also provide potential solutions to the problem. The work gives a broad, multicultural overview of the history of overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in our prison system, examining white/black disparities as well as racism and issues of ethnic-based discrimination concerning other ethnic minorities. This up-to-date resource is ideally suited for undergraduate students who are enrolled in criminal justice or racial/ethnic studies classes and general readers interested in the U.S. criminal justice system.
ISBN
978-0313399039
Publication Date
2014
Publisher
Praeger
City
Santa Barbara, CA
Department
Black Studies
Recommended Citation
Imani, N.O. (2014). The Incarcerative Mentality of Eurocentrism: Prisoner Identification and Jailing the Imperfect Body. In S.W. Bowman (Ed.), Color behind Bars: Racism in the U.S. Prison System. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
Comments
2 volume set.
Part of the Racism in American Institutions series.