An exploration of the extent and causes of racial and ethnic differences in violent crime.

Foreword James F. Short, Jr.; Introduction Darnell F. Hawkins; Part I. Homicide Studies: 1. Homicide risk and level of victimization in two concentrated poverty enclaves: a black/Hispanic comparison Harold M. Rose and Paula D. McClain; 2. Moving beyond black and white: African American, Haitian and Latino homicides in Miami Ramiro Martinez, Jr.; 3. Homicide in Los Angeles County: a study of Latino victimization Marc Riedel; 4. Economic correlates of racial and ethnic disparity in homicide: Houston, 1945-94 Victoria Brewer Titterington and Kelly R. Damphouse; 5. The race, ethnicity, and poverty nexus of violent crime: reconciling differences in Chicago's community area homicide rates Calvin C. Johnson and Chanchalat Chanhatasilpa; Part II. Other Contexts, Settings and Forms of Violence: 6. Sanction effects, violence and Native American street youth Bill McCarthy and John Hagan; 7. Ethnicity and interpersonal violence in a New Zealand birth cohort David M. Fergusson; 8. Racial victimization in England and Wales Ben Bowling and Coretta Phillips; 9. Race, gender and woman battering Evan Stark; 10. Gender entrapment and African American women: an analysis of race, ethnicity, gender and intimate violence Beth E. Richie; Part III. Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences: 11. How can the relationship between race and violence be explained David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber; 12. Race effects and conceptual ambiguity in violence research: bringing inequality back in Marino A. Bruce and Vincent J. Roscigno; 13. The violent black male: conceptions of race in criminological theories Jeanette Covington; 14. The structural-cultural perspective: a theory of black male violence William Oliver; 15. A cultural psychology framework for the study of African American morality and community violence Robert J. Jagers, Jacqueline Mattis and Katrina Walker; 16. Racial discrimination and violence: a longitudinal perspective Joan McCord and Margaret E. Ensminger; 17. Honor, class, and white southern violence: a historical perspective Frankie Y. Bailey.