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RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CRIME IN AMERICA
Sixth Edition
SAMUEL WALKER
University of Nebraska at Omaha
CASSIA SPOHN
Arizona State University
MIRIAM DELONE
Fayetteville State University
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About the Authors
SAMUEL WALKER is Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska at
Omaha, where he taught for 31 years. He has published 14 books on criminal
justice history and policy, policing, police accountability, and civil liberties. In
addition to his writings, he speaks and consults widely on police accountability
issues. In January 2015, he was invited to testify before the President’s Task Force
on 21st Century Policing. The Task Force accepted in part his recommendation
for eliminating offensive language by police officers in encounters with the pub-
lic. He also testified before the U.S. Commission of Civil Rights regarding the
national police–community relations crisis. Professor Walker’s primary research,
writing and consulting interests involve federal investigations of civil rights viola-
tions by police departments. He is quoted frequently in the national news media
on this issue. He also continues his interest in early intervention systems for police
departments, and the effectiveness of those systems for identifying officer perfor-
mance problems. Finally, Professor Walker has developed an expertise on police
unions and union contract provisions that impede holding officers accountable
for their conduct.
CASSIA SPOHN is a Foundation Professor and Director of the School of Crim-
inology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She received her PhD
in political science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author
or coauthor of seven books, including Policing and Prosecuting Sexual Assault: Inside
the Criminal Justice System, which was published in 2014. Her research interests
include prosecutorial and judicial decision making, the intersections of race, eth-
nicity, crime and justice, and sexual assault case processing decisions. In 2013, she
received ASU’s Award for Leading Edge Research in the Social Sciences and was
selected as a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology.
MIRIAM DELONE has a PhD in Criminology from the College of Criminol-
ogy and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. She is currently Professor of
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Criminal Justice at Fayetteville State University. Dr. DeLone is currently serving
as Interim Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. She is working
on projects with Dr. Greg DeLone, Associate Professor of Public Administration
at Fayetteville State University, that recognize the intersectionality of race, ethnic,
gender, and class in order to offer effective crime prevention from a public health
perspective. Dr. DeLone has published in the areas of race, ethnicity and sentenc-
ing, as well as, the political economy of crime. Her publications appear in the
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Social Problems, Justice Quarterly, Criminal Justice
Review, and Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. She is an active member of the
American Society of Criminology and past Editor of The Criminologist.
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A B O U T T H E A U T H O R S iii
P R E FA C E xviii
1 Race, Ethnicity, and Crime: American’s Continuing Crisis 1
2 Victims and Offenders: Myths and Realities about Crime 43
3 Race, Ethnicity, Social Structure, and Crime 113
4 Justice on the Street? The Police and People of Color 149
5 The Courts: A Quest for Justice during the Pretrial
Process 197
6 Justice on the Bench? Trial and Adjudication in Criminal
Court 251
7 Race and Sentencing: In Search of Fairness and Justice 293
8 The Color of Death: Race and the Death Penalty 359
9 Corrections in America: A Portrait in Color 419
10 Minority Youth and Crime: Minority Youth in Court 461
11 The Color of Justice 511
S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y 521
I N D E X 547
Brief Contents
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A B O U T T H E A U T H O R S v
P R E FA C E xvii
1 Race, Ethnicity, and Crime: American’s
Continuing Crisis 1
The National Race Crisis, 2014–2016 1
Race, Ethnicity, and Justice in America 3
Is Discrimination Just a Myth? 4
Objectives of the Book 6
The Colors of America: Racial and Ethnic Categories 8
The Official U.S. Census Categories 9
Race 10
Ethnicity 11
Problems with Traditional Racial and Ethnic Categories 13
Problems with Criminal Justice Data on Race
and Ethnicity 20
Case Study: How Many People Are Shot and Killed
by the Police? 20
Counting Race and Ethnicity in Criminal Justice Data 21
The Crime and Immigration Controversy 22
Sorting Out the Facts on Immigration 23
The Immigration and Crime Controversy 24
Problems with Immigration Enforcement 25
Contents
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“Insecure Communities”: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement
on the Hispanic Community 26
The Geography of Racial and Ethnic Justice 27
Disparity versus Discrimination 28
Disparity 28
Discrimination 29
The Problem of Unconscious Bias 30
The of Discrimination 31
The Discrimination–Disparity Continuum 31
A Theoretical Perspective on Race, Ethnicity, and Crime 33
Alternative Theories 34
Conclusion 35
Discussion Questions 35
Notes 36
2 Victims and Offenders: Myths and Realities
about Crime 43
Media and Crime 44
Racial Hoaxes 44
Race and Gender of Crime Victims 45
A Broader Picture of the Crime Victim 47
The National Crime Victimization Survey 49
Household Victimization 51
The Effect of Urbanization 52
Personal Victimization 53
The Effects of Urbanization 55
Prevalence of Crime Victimization 59
Lifetime Likelihood of Victimization 61
Homicide Victimization 62
Summary: A More Comprehensive Picture of the Crime Victim 64
Picture of the Typical Offender 64
Official Arrest 67
Problems with UCR Data 68
Arrest Data 70
Perceptions of Offenders by Victims 76
Problems with NCVS Offender Data 76
Perceptions of Offenders 76
Self-Report Surveys 79
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Problems with Self-Report Surveys 79
Characteristics of Offenders 80
Theoretical Explanations for the Racial Gap in Offending 80
Community Influence on the Racial Gap in Offending Rates 81
Drug Offenders 83
Mass Shooting Offenders 84
Summary: A Picture of the Typical Criminal Offender 86
Crime as an Intraracial Event 87
National Crime Victimization Survey 87
Uniform Crime Report Homicide Reports 88
Summary 88
Crime as an Interracial (Hate) Event 88
Ethnic Youth Gangs 94
Gang Myths and New Realities 95
Varieties of Ethnic Street Gangs 99
African American 99
Native American 99
Asian American 100
Hispanic 101
White 101
Conclusion 102
Discussion Questions 103
Notes 104
3 Race, Ethnicity, Social Structure, and Crime 113
A Snapshot of Coming Home from Prison: Social Inequality
and Criminal Justice 114
Inequality and Crime 115
It’s Not Just the Criminal Justice System 115
Inequality in America: Long-Term Trends and the Recession 116
Two Societies? 116
Economic Inequality 117
Income 117
Wealth 118
The “Family Thing”: Emergency Assistance and Inheritance 121
The Growing Gap between the Very Rich and
the Rest of Americans 121
Unemployment 122
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Poverty Status 124
Insurance Coverage 124
Social Capital and Cultural Capital 125
The Debate over the Underclass 127
Community Social Structure 128
Residential Segregation 128
“Distressed Communities”: The Growing Gap
in Community Well-Being 129
Crime and Neighborhood Deterioration 129
Well-Being 131
Theoretical Perspectives on Inequality and Crime 131
Social Strain Theory 132
Applying the Theory 133
Differential Association Theory 133
Applying the Theory 133
Social Disorganization Theory 134
Applying the Theory 135
Culture Conflict Theory 136
Applying the Theory 136
Conflict Theory 137
Applying the Theory 137
Routine Activity Theory 137
Applying the Theory 138
The Limits of Current Theories 138
Inequality and Social Reform 139
The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement 140
Conclusion 142
Discussion Questions 142
Notes 143
4 Justice on the Street? The Police and People
of Color 149
Unequal Justice? The National Police Crisis 150
The Post-Ferguson Events 150
A Long History of Conflict 151
A Contextual Approach to Policing Communities
of Color 151
The African-American Community 151
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The Hispanic Community 152
The Native American Community 152
Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders 153
The Arab-American Community 153
Public Attitudes about the Police 154
How Police Officer Conduct Shapes Attitudes 156
Police Use of Deadly Force 156
The Lack of National Data on Police Shootings 157
Patterns in Police Shootings 157
Controlling Police Use of Deadly Force 159
The Role of Unconscious Bias in Police Shootings 160
Does Skin Tone Matter? 160
“Police Brutality”: Police Use of Physical Force 161
What Is “Police Brutality?” 161
The Prevalence of Force and Excessive Force 161
Race, Police–Community Relations, and Disrespect
for the Police 162
Force in Traffic and Pedestrian Stops 163
The Control of Police Use of Force 164
De-Escalation: A New Approach to Reducing Police
Use of Force 165
Discrimination in Arrests? 166
Arrests and the War on Drugs 167
Traffic Stops: Racial Profiling 169
Profiling Contexts 170
The Data on Traffic Enforcement 171
“A Deep Racial Chasm”: The Experience of Traffic Stops 172
Legitimate and Illegitimate Use of Race and Ethnicity in Policing:
The PERF Model Policy 173
Eliminating Bias in Traffic Enforcement 174
How Formal Policies Can Reduce Bias in Stops and Searches:
The Case of the Customs Bureau 175
The Stop and Frisk Controversy 176
The Problem of Stereotyping and Routine Police Work 177
Verbal Disrespect and Abuse 177
Police Officer Attitudes versus Institutional Practices 178
Police Corruption and Communities of Color 178
Improving Police–Community Relations 179
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Citizen Complaints against the Police 180
Citizen Oversight of the Police 182
Police Employment Practices 182
“Not Your Father’s Police Department” 182
Trends in African-American and Hispanic Employment 183
Discrimination in Assignment 184
Does the Composition of a Police Department Make
a Difference? 185
Do Officers of Color Perform Better? 185
Conclusion 186
Discussion Questions 187
Notes 188
5 The Courts: A Quest for Justice during
the Pretrial Process 197
African Americans in Court: The Case
of the Scottsboro Boys 198
The Situation Today 200
Decisions Regarding Counsel and Bail 202
Racial Minorities and the Right to Counsel 202
Racial Minorities and Bail Decision Making 212
Charging and Plea Bargaining Decisions 224
Prosecutors’ Charging Decisions 224
Prosecutorial Discretion in the Context of Mandatory
Minimum Sentences and Habitual Offender s 228
The Effect of Offender Race and Victim Race
on Charging Decisions 229
Prosecution of Pregnant Women Who Abuse Drugs:
Racial Discrimination? 234
Race and Plea Bargaining Decisions 236
Conclusion 239
Discussion Questions 239
Notes 241
6 Justice on the Bench? Trial and Adjudication
in Criminal Court 251
Race/Ethnicity and the Criminal Trial 252
Trial and Adjudication in the Twenty-First Century 252
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Selection of the Jury Pool 255
Racial Discrimination in Selection of the Jury Pool 255
The Exclusion of Mexican Americans from Jury Service 257
Techniques for Increasing Racial Diversity of the Jury Pool 259
The Peremptory Challenge: Racial Profiling in the
Courtroom? 263
The Supreme Court and the Peremptory Challenge:
From Swain to Batson and Beyond 265
Race and Jury Selection in the Twenty-First Century 274
Exonerating the Innocent: Rape, Race, and Mistaken
Eyewitness Identification 277
Rape, Race, and Misidentification 278
Playing the “Race Card” in a Criminal Trial 279
Race-Conscious Jury Nullification: Black Power
in the Courtroom? 284
Randall Kennedy’s Critique 286
Conclusion 287
Discussion Questions 288
Notes 288
7 Race and Sentencing: In Search of Fairness
and Justice 293
Race and Sentencing: Is the United States Moving
Forward or Backward? 294
Racial Disparity in Sentencing 296
Five Explanations for Racial Disparities in Sentencing 297
Empirical Research on Race and Sentencing 300
Reviews of Recent Research 300
When Does Race/Ethnicity Matter? 303
Race/Ethnicity and Sentencing: Direct and Indirect Effects 304
Are Hispanics Sentenced More Harshly Than
All Other Offenders? 306
Are Illegal Immigrants Sentenced Differently Than
U.S. Citizens? 307
Are Asian Americans Sentenced More Leniently Than
All Other Offenders? 310
Native Americans and Sentencing Disparity: Disparity in
State and Federal Courts 311
Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Age, and Employment:
A Volatile Combination? 312
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Differential Treatment of Interracial and Intraracial Sexual
Assault 316
Offender–Victim Race and Sentences for Sexual Assault 319
The Effect of Race on Sentencing for Various Types
of Crimes 323
The Liberation Hypothesis and Offenders Convicted
of Violent Felonies 324
Racial Discrimination in the Sentencing of Misdemeanor
Offenders? 326
Sentencing and the War on Drugs 327
Racial Disparities in Sentences Imposed for Drug Offenses 328
Sentencing of Drug Offenders in State Courts 330
Sentencing of Drug Offenders in Federal Courts 335
Racial Minorities and Cumulative Disadvantage 337
Recent Research: The Effect of Skin Tone on Punishment 338
Summary: Research on Race and Sentencing 339
Does It Make a Difference? A Comparison of the Sentencing
Decisions of African American, Hispanic, and White Judges 339
Decision Making by African-American and White Federal
Judges 341
Decision Making by African-American
and White State Court Judges 343
Reasons for Similarities in Decision Making 345
Conclusion 347
Discussion Questions 348
Notes 349
8 The Color of Death: Race and the Death Penalty 359
The Constitutionality of the Death Penalty 361
Furman v. Georgia 361
Post-Furman Decisions 363
Attitudes toward Capital Punishment 364
Race and the Death Penalty: The Empirical Evidence 368
Statistical Evidence of Racial Disparity 368
Pre-Furman Studies 374
Post-Gregg Studies 378
Race and the Federal Capital Sentencing Process 387
Explanations for Disparate Treatment 391
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McClesky v. Kemp: The Supreme Court and Racial
Discrimination in the Application of the Death Penalty 392
The Aftermath of McCleskey: Calls for Reform or Abolition
of the Death Penalty 397
The Racial Justice Act 398
The Death Penalty in the Twenty-First Century 400
The Movement to Reform the Death Penalty 402
The Movement to Abolish the Death Penalty 403
Conclusion 406
Discussion Questions 407
Notes 408
9 Corrections in America: A Portrait in Color 419
The Incarcerated: Prison and Jail Populations 423
Minority Overrepresentation 423
Intersectionality with Gender and Age 425
Security Level of Facilities 428
Historical Trends 430
Conclusion 431
Race, Ethnicity, and Recidivism 431
The Age of Mass Incarceration 432
Offender Reentry 433
Community Corrections 434
Parole: Early Release from Prison 434
Success and Failure on Parole 436
Probation: A Case of Sentencing Discrimination? 437
Community Corrections: A Native American Example 438
Adjustment to Prison 443
Hostility among Released Inmates 445
Prisoner Visitation and Successful Reentry 446
Race and Religion 446
Prison Gangs 448
Aryan Brotherhood 449
Black Guerilla Family 450
Mexican Mafia 450
Neta 450
Texas Syndicate 451
Women in Prison 453
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Conclusion 454
Discussion Questions 454
Notes 455
10 Minority Youth and Crime: Minority Youth
in Court 461
The Juvenile Population in the United States 463
Young Racial Minorities as Victims of Crime 464
Property Crime Victimization 464
Violent Crime Victimization 465
Victimization of Young African-American Girls 468
Homicide Victimization 469
Young Racial Minorities as Offenders 470
Juvenile Arrests 471
Juveniles of Color and the Police 477
Race/Ethnicity and the Juvenile Justice System 481
Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Age: Juvenile Justice
in Nebraska 493
Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal Court 495
Explaining Disparate Treatment of Juvenile Offenders 498
Juveniles under Correctional Supervision 500
Conclusion 501
Discussion Questions 502
Notes 503
11 The Color of Justice 511
Explaining Persistent Racial and Ethnic Disparities 513
Explaining the Disparities: Systematic Discrimination? 514
Past and Present 515
The Stubborn Persistence of Racial and Ethnic Disparities 516
Notes 518
S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y 521
I N D E X 547
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B
eginning with the highly publicized shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson,
Missouri, on August 9, 2014, the United States has been in the midst of a
national crisis over policing and race. Deaths of African Americans at the hands of
the police, followed by angry protests, have been regular occurrences. The situa-
tion took another dramatic turn in July 2016 with the deliberate assassination of
police officers in Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The national crisis is
not confined to the police. The refusal of grand juries in Ferguson and other cities
to indict police officers on criminal charges has raised a related controversy over
how the courts deal with racial issues. Additionally, the United States continues to
stand alone internationally because of its enormous prison population, and what
critics label the policy of “mass incarceration.”
Since the first edition of The Color of Justice 20 years ago, this book has
addressed the key issues related to race, ethnicity, and crime. Over that period,
there have been many changes. Crime dropped significantly across the country,
although in the last year or two homicides have risen in a number of large cit-
ies. Immigration emerged as a national political controversy. Public opinion on
imprisonment has also been changing. Beginning around 2009 the prison popu-
lation began a small but notable decline, reversing the imprisonment boom that
began in the 1970s. Finally, attitudes toward the death penalty have begun to
change, and the number of executions has fallen. The sixth edition of The Color
of Justice continues to provide the most up-to-date information on this contin-
ually changing subject. The book includes some information that became avail-
able only weeks before the manuscript went to the printer.
This edition of The Color of Justice continues to address the multira-
cial and multiethnic character of American society and even expands that cover-
age. There is a significantly growing body of information on the fastest-growing
minority segment of the American population and the Hispanic and Latino com-
munities, and this edition incorporated this new knowledge. The coverage of
other racial and ethnic groups has also been expanded.
Preface
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Finally, and particularly important, The Color of Justice continues to pro-
vide a critical perspective on all the controversial issues related to race, ethnicity,
and criminal justice. Much of what appears in the news media is incomplete or
even wrong. The Color of Justice will help readers gain a clear and fact-based
understanding of the controversial issues of police shootings, racial profiling, pat-
terns of criminal behavior and victimization, the prosecution of offenders, plea
bargaining, and the death penalty. By the end of the book, readers will be able
to knowledgeably discuss the difficult issues of racial or ethnic disparities in how
people are treated and whether or not there are patterns of discrimination.
O R G A N I Z AT I O N
This book is divided into eleven chapters. The organization is designed to guide
students through a logical exploration of the subject, beginning with a discussion
of the broader social context for race and ethnicity in American society and then
moving to the different components of the criminal justice system: police, courts,
corrections, the death penalty, and juvenile justice.
N E W T O T H I S E D I T I O N
For the sixth edition, we have significantly updated research and included the
most current statistics available, particularly regarding Hispanic groups. We have
also included material on some of the most important recent developments in the
field—racial profiling in the context of homeland security, for instance, as well
as hate crime legislation, the disproportionate attention given to crime victims
according to race, minority youth victimization rates, the intersection of race and
domestic violence, the impact of the financial crisis on the criminal justice system,
and much more:
■ Chapter 1, “Race, Ethnicity, and Crime,” has been revised to reflect changes
in the state of the racial and ethnic composition of the United States and
how those changes affect the criminal justice system.
■ Chapter 2, “Victims and Offenders,” includes a reexamination of media
depictions of crime victims, especially the race of victims, and also includes
expanded discussions of environmental racism, immigration and crime, and
additional theoretical perspectives on the causes of criminal violence and
hate crime.
■ Chapter 3, “Race, Ethnicity, Social Structure, and Crime,” features the
most recent data on the social and economic status of African Americans,
Hispanics, and white Americans. Particular attention is paid to the impact
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of the economic recession that struck the nation in 2008 and the growing
inequalities of income and wealth in America.
■ Chapter 4, “Justice on the Street,” covers the national police crisis that began
in 2014 and the public response. There is important new information of
police shootings. Attention is given to the issue of procedural justice, one of
the most important new concepts in policing. It also covers the recommen-
dations of the 2015 President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Finally,
some of the promising innovations regarding police accountability designed
to curb police misconduct are covered.
■ Chapter 5, “The Courts,” includes new material reflecting recent research on
the relationship between race/ethnicity, pretrial detention, and sentencing,
as well as a discussion of the treatment of illegal immigrants in federal courts
and expanded coverage of the ways in which race and ethnicity influence
prosecutorial charging and plea bargaining decisions. It also includes a dis-
cussion of the Duke Lacrosse case and the case of the Jena Six.
■ In Chapter 6, “Justice on the Bench,” there is expanded coverage of race
and ethnicity in the jury selection process, with a focus on the 2010 report
by the Equal Justice Initiative that documented disparities in eight southern
states. There also is a new section on racial profiling in the courtroom, which
examines the use of cultural stereotypes of the Hmong people.
■ In Chapter 7, “Race and Sentencing,” there are new sections on sentenc-
ing illegal immigrants and Asian Americans in federal courts, as well as new
material on Devah Pager’s work on the “mark of a criminal record” and a
discussion of unconscious racial bias among judges. Chapter 7 also includes
new research exploring the direct and indirect effects of race and ethnicity
on sentencing in state and federal courts.
■ Chapter 8, “The Color of Death,” covers the decline in the use of the
death penalty. It also covers gendered racism in the use of the death penalty,
updated material on Supreme Court decisions that affect the use of capital
punishment, and a discussion of the racial justice acts that have been recently
enacted. Also in Chapter 8 is a new section focusing on race and the proba-
bility of execution.
■ Chapter 9, “Corrections in America,” addresses the issue of “mass incarcer-
ation.” There is updated information on federal and state …
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