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  • Which Lives Matter?

    Factors Shaping Public Attention to and Protest of Officer-Involved Killings

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    Series series Elements in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
    This Element explores the factors that lead the public to pay attention to and mobilize in support of victims of officer-involved killings. The author argues that race is the most important factor shaping both attention and mobilization. Black victims are statistically significantly more likely to trend on Google and get protested than victims of other races. Deaths of low threat Black victims are ... Leer más

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  • Trading Democracy for Justice

    Criminal Convictions and the Decline of Neighborhood Political Participation

    de Traci Burch ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    The United States imprisons far more people, total and per capita, and at a higher rate than any other country in the world. Among the more than 1.5 million Americans currently incarcerated, minorities and the poor are disproportionately represented. What’s more, they tend to come from just a few of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the country. While the political costs of this phenomenon ... Leer más

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  • Creating a New Racial Order

    How Immigration, Multiracialism, Genomics, and the Young Can Remake Race in America

    A groundbreaking exploration of how race in America is being redefinedThe American racial order—the beliefs, institutions, and practices that organize relationships among the nation's races and ethnicities—is undergoing its greatest transformation since the 1960s. Creating a New Racial Order takes a groundbreaking look at the reasons behind this dramatic change, and considers how different groups ... Leer más

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  • The Amazing Discovery

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    Hi, my name is Tracy Burch and I came from a family of five, three sisters and two brothers born in Detroit.My book addresses a very serious concern in our society. It is being abused and used by men; first of all we need to end this cycle of abuse. I am qualified to write this because my sister has been abused and used by men all her life, and she is the person who inspired me to write these self ... Leer más

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  • Unforgiving Places

    The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence

    de Jens Ludwig ...
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  • The Gender of Crime

    Series series Gender Lens
    The Gender of Crime introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime—from defining what crime is to governing how crime is punished. The second edition of this award-winning book maintains the accessible, reader-friendly narrative of the first edition with key updates and new material throughout, including increased focus on the intersections of race, class, ... Leer más

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  • Uneasy Peace

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  • On Gangs

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