[Review of] Katheryn K. Russell. The Color of Crime: Racial Hoaxes, White Fear, Black Protectionism, Police Harassment, and other Macroaggressions

Authors

Calvin E. Harris

Orginal Publication Date

1998

Journal Title

Ethnic Studies Review

Volume

21

Issue

esr/vol21/iss1

First Page

132

Last Page

133

Comments

The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Conference Perspectives and Retrospectives

Abstract

Is Crime a problem or color or race? What about the question of disproportionality: Do blacks commit more crimes in proportion to their percentage of the total population? Does disproportionality, as one measure of crime statistics, tell the whole story? What is black protectionism? Probably the most critical question Russell raises is does a racial bias exist in the reporting of crime statistics in the United States? This is not the first time such an issue has been raised. These are among the major questions dealt with in The Color of Crime.

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