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WHITE RACISM, BLACK CRIME, AND AMERICAN JUSTICE - AN APPLICATION OF THE COLONIAL MODEL TO EXPLAIN CRIME AND RACE

NCJ Number
36031
Author(s)
R STAPLES
Date Published
Unknown
Length
19 pages
Annotation
FRANTZ FANON'S COLONIAL ANALOGY VIEWS THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN AMERICA AS AN UNDERDEVELOPED COLONY WHOSE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS ARE CONTROLLED BY LEADERS OF THE RACIALLY DOMINANT (WHITE AMERICAN) GROUP.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR MAINTAINS THAT THE COLONIAL CHARACTER OF AMERICAN SOCIETY TENDS TO STRUCTURE THE RACIAL PATTERN OF CRIME - WHITE COLLAR CRIMES USUALLY COMMITTED BY WEALTHY WHITES 60 UNPUNISHED OR LIGHTLY PUNISHED WHILE LESSER CRIMES COMMITTED BY BLACKS RESULT IN LONG JAIL SENTENCES; LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE MORE TOLERANT OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN BLACK COMMUNITIES; MORE BLACKS THAN WHITES ARE ARRESTED FOR SERIOUS CRIMES ALTHOUGH WHITES COMMIT MORE; AND BLACKS ARE SENTENCED TO MORE AND LONGER PRISON TERMS.