Race, Ethnicity and Law

This new volume of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance addresses issues of race and ethnicity within the law and law-related phenomena.Even in today's so-called multicultural, post-racial world racial and ethnic concerns prevail in many aspects of modern law. Contributors to this volume examine racial and ethnic disparities in sentencing and punishment; the continued problematic nature of the African American experience within the US system; the criminalization of immigrants; racial inequities in the administration of drug laws; and the racial disparities that affect juvenile justice. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers in law, socio-legal studies, criminology, criminal justice, sociology and public policy. Additional ISBNs 9781787146044|9781787146037, 1787146049|1787146030Race, Ethnicity and Law by Mathieu Deflem and Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN: 9781787149915, 1787149919. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9781787146044, 1787146049.