From W.E. Dubois through Lee Brown, this anthology provides a collection of the key articles in criminology
and criminal justice written by black scholars. Available in a single volume for the first time, the articles collected
in this book reflect the voices of African-American scholars and display the diversity of perspectives sought after
in today's academic community. Crime in the African-American community is examined from social, economic and political
perspectives, and the historical context of each article is provided by the editors. Spanning the 20th century,
these works present a historical chronology of African-American views on crime and its control with theoretical
perspectives that have often been tangential to mainstream scholarship.