Deadly Injustice : : Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System / / ed. by Devon Johnson, Amy Farrell, Patricia Y. Warren.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• TeilnehmendeR: Bobo, Lawrence D.
• MitwirkendeR: Bobo, Lawrence D.,; Drakulich, Kevin M.,; Farrell, Amy,; Fradella, Henry F.,; Gau, Jacinta M.,; Gioviano, Jason,; Givelber, Daniel,; Harris, David A.,; Johnson, Devon,; Jones, Chenelle A.,; Jones-Brown, Delores,; Jordan, Kareem L.,; Like, Toya,; Ortiz, Mia,; Peterson, Ruth D.,; Piquero, Alex R.,; Pittman, Nicolas,; Porter, Savannah,; Provine, Doris Marie,; Rios, Victor M.,; Rosario, Jordyn L.,; Russell-Brown, Katheryn,; Sexton, Lori,; Siller, Laura,; Sykes, Bryan L.,; Unah, Isaac,; Warren, Patricia Y.,; Washington, Heather M.,; Wright, Valerie,
• HerausgeberIn: Farrell, Amy,; Johnson, Devon,; Warren, Patricia Y.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law ; 14
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his assailant, George Zimmerman, sparked a passionate national debate about race and criminal justice in America that involved everyone from bloggers to mayoral candidates to President Obama himself. With increased attention to these causes, from St. Louis to Los Angeles, intense outrage at New York City’s Stop and Frisk program and escalating anger over the effect of mass incarceration on the nation’s African American community, the Trayvon Martin case brought the racialized nature of the American justice system to the forefront of our national consciousness. Deadly Injustice uses the Martin/Zimmerman case as a springboard to examine race, crime, and justice in our current criminal justice system. Contributors explore how race and racism informs how Americans think about criminality, how crimes are investigated and prosecuted, and how the media interprets and reports on crime. At the center of their analysis sit examples of the Zimmerman trial and Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law, providing current and resonant examples for readers as they work through the bigger-picture problems plaguing the American justice system. This important volume demonstrates how highly publicized criminal cases go on to shape public views about offenders, the criminal process, and justice more generally, perpetuating the same unjust cycle for future generations. A timely, well-argued collection, Deadly Injustice is an illuminating, headline-driven text perfect for students and scholars of criminology and an important contribution to the discussion of race and crime in America.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword: The Racial Double Homicide of Trayvon Martin -- Introduction: Race, Criminal Justice, and the Death of Trayvon Martin -- Part I. Who Is in Danger? -- 1. Profiling Trayvon -- 2. Presumed Danger -- 3. Policed, Punished, Dehumanized -- 4. Threat, Danger, and Vulnerability -- Part II. Where Do You Stand? -- 5. Go Ahead and Shoot — The Law Might Have Your Back -- 6. The Dangers of Racialized Perceptions and Thinking by Law Enforcement -- 7. The Acquittal of George Zimmerman -- 8. Up to No Good -- Part III. Which Voices Count? -- 9. From Simpson to Zimmerman -- 10. Divided by Race -- 11. The Zimmerman Verdict -- 12. Read between the Lines -- Afterword -- About the Contributors -- Index