Crime and Punishment in African American History

Hardback

Main Details

Title Crime and Punishment in African American History
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James Campbell
SeriesAmerican History in Depth
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9780230273801
ClassificationsDewey:364.08996073
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publication Date 15 January 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

James Campbell provides an in-depth survey of crime, punishment and justice in African American history. Presenting cutting-edge scholarship on issues of criminal justice in African American history in an accessible way for students, he makes connections between black experiences of criminal justice and violence from the slave era to the present.

Author Biography

JAMES CAMPBELL is Lecturer in American History at the University of Leicester. He is the author of Slavery on Trial: Race, Class, and Criminal Justice in Antebellum Richmond, Virginia and the co-editor (with Rebecca Griffin) of Reconstruction: People and Perspectives.