Critical Race Realism: Intersections of Psychology, Race, and the Law

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Questions of differential treatment under the law for people of different races continue to play out in daily life as well as on the front page news. This book examines the psychology behind racial bias in the criminal justice system and offers practical solutions. Edited by brilliant young African-American legal scholars and social scientists, this anthology includes both seminal pieces on the topic as well as brand-new writing that deepens this exciting field of work. Richard Delgado, widely considered the leading figure in Critical Race Theory, provides the foreword.

Gregory S. Parks is an assistant professor at Wake Forest University School of Law. Parks holds an MA, an MS, and a PhD in psychology and a JD. He served as a law clerk on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to the Honorable Anna Blackburne-Rigsby and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to the Honorable Andre M. Davis. Parks has also worked in private practice in Washington, D.C. He is the co-editor (with Shayne Jones and W. Jonathan Cardi) of Critical Race Realism and a co-editor (with Matthew W. Hughey) of 12 Angry Men, both published by The New Press. Shayne Jones is an associate professor in the department of criminology at the University of South Florida. He has worked with juvenile justice agencies in Florida and Pennsylvania, focusing on assessment and treatment issues. He is a co-editor, with Gregory S. Parks and W. Jonathan Cardi, of Critical Race Realism: Intersections of Psychology, Race, and Law (The New Press). W. Jonathan Cardi is the associate dean for research and development and a professor of law at Wake Forest University School of Law. He is a co-author of a torts casebook, a remedies casebook, and two commercial outlines and is a co-editor, with Gregory S. Parks and Shayne Jones, of Critical Race Realism: Intersections of Psychology, Race, and Law (The New Press). He has served as president of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools and chair of the Remedies Section of the AALS and is a member of the American Law Institute. He is also a contributor to the European Group on Tort Law. Cardi clerked for the Honorable Judge Alan Norris, U.S. Federal Court of Appeals Judge for the 6th Circuit, before working as a litigator at the D.C. law firm Arnold & Porter. Prior to joining Wake Forest, he was a faculty member at the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he taught for eight years.