Violent crime: assessing race and ethnic differences

Abstract

Foreword James F. Short, Jr. Introduction Darnell F. Hawkins Part I. Homicide Studies: 1. Homicide risk and level of victimization in two concentrated poverty enclaves: a black/Hispanic comparison Harold M. Rose and Paula D. McClain 2. Moving beyond black and white: African American, Haitian and Latino homicides in Miami Ramiro Martinez, Jr. 3. Homicide in Los Angeles County: a study of Latino victimization Marc Riedel 4. Economic correlates of racial and ethnic disparity in homicide: Houston, 1945-94 Victoria Brewer Titterington and Kelly R. Damphouse 5. The race, ethnicity, and poverty nexus of violent crime: reconciling differences in Chicago's community area homicide rates Calvin C. Johnson and Chanchalat Chanhatasilpa Part II. Other Contexts, Settings and Forms of Violence: 6. Sanction effects, violence and Native American street youth Bill McCarthy and John Hagan 7. Ethnicity and interpersonal violence in a New Zealand birth cohort David M. Fergusson 8. Racial victimization in England and Wales Ben Bowling and Coretta Phillips 9. Race, gender and woman battering Evan Stark 10. Gender entrapment and African American women: an analysis of race, ethnicity, gender and intimate violence Beth E. Richie Part III. Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences: 11. How can the relationship between race and violence be explained David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber 12. Race effects and conceptual ambiguity in violence research: bringing inequality back in Marino A. Bruce and Vincent J. Roscigno 13. The violent black male: conceptions of race in criminological theories Jeanette Covington 14. The structural-cultural perspective: a theory of black male violence William Oliver 15. A cultural psychology framework for the study of African American morality and community violence Robert J. Jagers, Jacqueline Mattis and Katrina Walker 16. Racial discrimination and violence: a longitudinal perspective Joan McCord and Margaret E. Ensminger 17. Honor, class, and white southern violence: a historical perspective Frankie Y. Bailey.