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Deadly injustice : Trayvon Martin, race, and the criminal justice system
Title:
Deadly injustice : Trayvon Martin, race, and the criminal justice system
Publication Information:
New York ; London : New York University Press, [2015]
Physical Description:
xv, 354 pages ; 24 cm.
Series:
New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series

New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The racial double homicide of Trayvon Martin / Race, criminal justice, and the death of Trayvon Martin / Profiling Trayvon : young black males, suspicion, and surveillance / Presumed danger : race, bias, stigma, and perceptions of crime and criminals / Policed, punished, dehumanized : the reality for young men of color living in America / Threat, danger, and vulnerability : Trayvon Martin and Gwen Araujo / Go ahead and shoot : the law might have your back : history, race, implicit bias, and justice in Florida's stand your ground law / The dangers of racialized perceptions and thinking by law enforcement / The acquittal of George Zimmerman : race and judges' perceptions about the accuracy of not guilty verdicts / Up to no good : the context of adolescent discrimination in neighborhoods / From Simpson to Zimmerman : examining the effects of race, class, and gender in the failed prosecution of two highly publicized, racially divisive cases / Divided by race : differences in the perception of injustice / The Zimmerman verdict : media, political reaction, and public response in the age of social networking / Read between the lines : what determines media coverage of youth homicide? / Reducing racialized violence and deracializing justice
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