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SAGE Journal User Guide

Zuberi, T., Patterson, E.J., & Stewart, Q.T.(2015). Race, Methodology, and Social Construction in the Genomic Era. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 661(1): 109-127.

 Questions to consider:

1. What is “race”? How did this concept change in different historical contexts?
2. How does the relation between genes and group membership race in the study of crime?
3. What is the flaw of past research of race and racial classification? How can it be rectified?
    

Stansfield, R. (2014). Revisiting Racial/Ethnic Composition Effects in a Multicultural Society. Race and Justice, 4(4): 333-357.

Questions to consider:

1. Why is the research on the relation between racial composition and violence important?
2. What are the characteristics of Latino-origin group? How do they relate to community violence?
3. What does this sentence in the conclusion mean: “we must move beyond a strictly structural approach toward more integrative frameworks that incorporate the cultural and social differences between groups”?

Mancini, C., Mears D.P., & et al. (2015). Whites’ Perceptions About Black Criminality: A Closer Look at the Contact Hypothesis. Crime & Delinquency, 61(7): 996-1022.

Questions to consider:

1. Can you find some real-world examples of “racialization of crime”?
2. How does IC works to change White’s view about Black offending and the endorsement of noncrime stereotypes?
3. What types of ICs are most effective and why?