Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime by Shaun L. Gabbidon



Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime by Shaun L. Gabbidon

Introduction

Over the last decades has been formed called psychology of crime, which brings together scientific knowledge about the phenomena of crime. Its main areas of interest include the explanation of antisocial behavior, where relevant learning theories, analyzes of the characteristics and individual traits, the stress-aggression hypothesis, studies of social bonding and crime, and analyzes of criminal careers (Troyna, 2010). The latter sector, also called 'developmental criminology', investigates the interrelationships with the initiation and maintenance of criminal activity factors or predictors of risk (individual and social, static and dynamic). Their results have great relevance for the creation of programs for prevention and treatment of crime.

The book written by Shaun L. Gabbidon “Criminology Perspective on Race and Crime” actually examines the prospective that is being used for contextualizing criminal behaviour among the ethnic and racial minorities. The book has highlighted various aspects of the criminal behaviour. Thus, international nature of the immigrants and racial/ethnic over presentation in the justice system around the world, it reviews the international research as well (Shaun, 2010).

Discussion and Analysis

Critical Over View

While examining the criminal behaviour and process of offenders by several criminal justice systems, majority of the scholars have extensively hypothesized for a co-relation among the crime and race/ethnicity. Because of this long history of such assumption association, there remains a doubt in the literature of a single examination that is being devoted exclusively to the empirical understanding of the theoretical explanation of criminal behaviour, criminal justice system processing and race. With the work of Gabbidon, several scholars have simply engaged a cursory view of the subject. Thus, providing the universal nature of ethnicity/race, crime and victimization, the book actually provides the inquired mind with a much needed single compilation (Shaun, 2010).

Through the confines of all the 10 chapters, the book relates to the theoretical explanations of the disparities of racial/ ethnic in victimization and crime, all these theories have actually presented the empirical promise for contextualizing the racial'/ ethnic disparities in the field of crime and the unnoticed influence for racial/ethnic minorities in the testing and formation of race/ ethnicity, victimization and crime theory (Frable, 2010). Gabbidon in every chapter tries to identify and provide a representation of basic tenants for relevant criminological theory that is being followed by the review of empirical research focusing on the contextualization of effectiveness of crime and race theory in response ot the racial/ethnic minorities.

Main Idea Learning Objective

The major theme in Criminology Perspective on Race and Crime was to examine deeply the history of ethnic and racial group intersects with the criminal justice system of U.S. thus, it also investigates the current issues that relates to the understand the current state of ethnicity, crime and race in United states. Through his perception and findings, it provides the student clear view on the latest research over the Hispanic, Native American, Asian-American, black and white intersections in criminal justice ...