The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America

Why read it

• You will question a statistic by asking who collected it, why, and what it leaves out
• You will see how numbers can look neutral while carrying a prejudice
• You will be able to take real crime seriously without blaming a whole group for it

Who it is for

• A data analyst who builds or reads crime or risk numbers
• A journalist who reports on policing and race
• A juror or voter who hears crime statistics used in debates

Contents

1. Introduction: The Mismeasure of Crime
2. 1. Saving the Nation: The Racial Data Revolution and the Negro Problem
3. 2. Writing Crime into Race: Racial Criminalization and the Dawn of Jim Crow
4. 3. Incriminating Culture: The Limits of Racial Liberalism in the Progressive Era
5. 4. Preventing Crime: White and Black Reformers in Philadelphia
6. 5. Fighting Crime: Politics and Prejudice in the City of Brotherly Love
7. 6. Policing Racism: Jim Crow Justice in the Urban North
8. Conclusion: The Conundrum of Criminality
9. MANUSCRIPT SOURCES

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