Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
Examines the social forces that influence black responses to differential conditions in the United States.
About the Author
JAMES A. CHAMBERS is Assistant Professor of Criminology at Indiana State University.
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