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The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America

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The book has numerous math mistakes in it, charts giving statistics many times do not add to 100%. The book often seems to lump Hispanics/Latinos in with Whites when giving statistics, yet other times it gives them their own separate categories in other charts.

A few examples from the book.
Pg. 50 if you add up the crime rates it comes to 105%, and if you add the population it comes to 99%, so 99% of the U.S. population experiences 105% of the crime.
Pg. 77 when talking about hate crimes, if you add up those percentages, they come to 115%.

This info is just from the first 2 chapters.

Dr. Walker is a well respected professor of Criminology, but unfortunately I did not find this book engaging in the least. However, this could simply be because the issues it examines are media-worn.

There is nothing casual about this book's consideration of racial bias in the criminal justice system. The authors offer a very careful, balanced and thorough evaluation of racial bias in the various stages of the arrest, sentencing, incarceration, etc. based on a comprehensive consideration of the evidence from numerous studies. What is so striking about this study is that the authors are able to describe this evidence in a very understandable way that should be accessible to the general public. They find that while some areas of the criminal justice system are racial discriminatory, others are not. An excellent book!

It has been over two weeks since I sent my item back & I still have not received a refund. ONIBOOKS has blackmailed me stating that they will only send me a refund if I take down my negative feedback. I will continue to post negative feedback until I receive my refund. I would highly suggest NEVER to buy something from ONIBOOKS.

thank you, this item was used but it cost me pennies compared to the new version. great value and very pleased!!

The book was very helpful, well written, and informative to me for my class. It has alot of statistical information and data.

I purchased this book as recommended supplementary reading for a college level criminal justice course. The book is advertised as "Comprehensive and balanced" and "uniquely unbiased" on the back cover. I was hoping for a book that honestly and objectively presented both sides of the debate regarding race and crime. I am not qualified to debate the accuracy of the data presented, or to argue that the authors are incorrect in their charges of discrimination in the criminal justice system. However, the book adamantly asserts that discrimination is responsible for the disparity between races in the crime data and casually dismisses opposing arguments. The authors presentation is neither balanced or unbiased.

Like my title says, the book was in the condition as it was described on the website. I expected the condition to be worse before it said there were some highlighting and some marks, etc. But it looked even better than a lot of the used books at my school. So I'm satisfied with my purchase.

This book along with is Sense and Nonsense book was horrible. We used it for a Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice class and none of the students or my teacher thought that either book was good. It was way too complex for people who just want the straight forward facts. In looking back at the book, it would not be my recommendation to use it. The whole class suffered in the potential learning due to these books. I respect Professor Walker with his teaching and serving on boards throughout the nation, but unfortunately, I cannot agree with this and his other book I used. I hope this review helps.