The Penology of Racial Innocence: The Erasure of Racism in the Study and Practice of Punishment

In post-civil rights America, the ascendance of "law-and-order" politics and "postracial" ideology have given rise to what we call the penology of racial innocence. The penology of racial innocence is a framework for assessing the role of race in penal policies and institutions,...

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Published in:Law & society review 2010-09, Vol.44 (3-4), p.695-730
Main Authors: Murakawa, Naomi, Beckett, Katherine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antidiscrimination
Bias
Causality
Civil rights
Civil Rights - economics
Civil Rights - education
Civil Rights - history
Civil Rights - legislation & jurisprudence
Civil Rights - psychology
Civil rights movements
Crime
Criminal arrests
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Policy
Criminal justice system
Criminal law
Criminal Law - economics
Criminal Law - education
Criminal Law - history
Criminal Law - legislation & jurisprudence
Criminal punishment
Criminal sentencing
Drug related crimes
Equal rights
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Human Characteristics
Inequality
Innocence
Judicial Role - history
Judicial system
Law
Penal policy
Penology
Politics
Power
Power relations
Presumption
Prisons
Punishment
Punishment - history
Punishment - psychology
Race
Race Relations - history
Race Relations - legislation & jurisprudence
Race Relations - psychology
Racism
Science
Social Conditions - economics
Social Conditions - history
Social Conditions - legislation & jurisprudence
Social justice
Social Problems - economics
Social Problems - ethnology
Social Problems - history
Social Problems - legislation & jurisprudence
Social Problems - psychology
Social Responsibility
Social sciences
Sociology of law
Statistical methods
Studies
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