title: Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime (Criminology and Justice Studies)
author: Shaun L. Gabbidon
description: <P>"This book fills a critical gap in the criminology literature, and is distinguished by its examination of a broad range of theories, including some seldom considered in the field, its thorough examination of the research on these theories, and its efforts to draw conclusions about the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches. An excellent choice for courses in criminology, crime theory, and race and crime."Robert Agnew, <EM>Emory University</EM></P> <P></P> <P>"Gabbidon provides a comprehensive, reader-friendly examination of the panorama of attempts, some sage, some bizarre, to interpret the relationship between criminal activity and race and ethnicity. As a text and work of scholarship, Shaun Gabbidons book is outstanding; as a contribution to our informed understanding of a vital social issue it is exemplary."Gilbert Geis, <EM>University of California, Irvine</EM></P> <P></P> <P>"<EM>Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime</EM> offers a panoramic and probing survey of theories of criminal conduct and ethnoracial division. It invites us to inject this controversial topic, enshrouded in prejudice and moralism, with conceptual clarity and empirical rigor, and to enlarge the debate by reckoning with international perspectives. Students of racial disparities in crime and justice will want to ponder, teach with, and learn from Gabbidons book." Loc Wacquant, <EM>University of California, Berkeley</EM></P>
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  The CRIMINOLOGY SERIES.
  
  1\. The Female Offender. By Professor LOMBROSO. Edited, with Introduction, by
  W. DOUGLAS MORRISON. 2. Criminal Sociology. By Professor ENRICO FERRI. 3.
  Juvenile Offender. By W. DOUGLAS MORRISON. —— LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN.
  
  #### THE CROWD A STUDY OF THE POPULAR MIND
  
  BY GUSTAVE LE BON {b. May 7, 1841—d. Dec 13, 1931}
  
  The following work is devoted to an account of the characteristics of crowds.
  
  The whole of the common characteristics with which heredity endows the
  individuals of a race constitute the genius of the race. When, however, a
  certain number of these individuals are gathered together in a crowd for
  purposes of action, observation proves that, from the mere fact of their being
  assembled, there result certain new psychological characteristics, which are
  added to the racial characteristics and differ from them at times 