{"product_id":"a-peculiar-indifference-the-neglected-toll-of-violence-on-black-america-paperback","title":"A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElliott Currie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a best book of 2020 by the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A smart, timely, deeply disturbing and essential book by a veteran scholar and leading expert on the criminal legal system. . . . This is not a Black crisis but a national emergency.\" \u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout 170,000 Black Americans have died in homicides just since the year 2000. Violence takes more years of life from Black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined; a young Black man in the United States has a fifteen times greater chance of dying from violence than his white counterpart. Even Black women suffer violent death at a higher rate than white men, despite homicide's usual gender patterns. Yet while the country has been rightly outraged by the recent spate of police killings of Black Americans, the shocking amount of \"everyday\" violence that plagues African American communities receives far less attention, and has nearly disappeared as a target of public policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the acclaimed criminologist Elliott Currie makes clear, this pervasive violence is a direct result of the continuing social and economic marginalization of many Black communities in America. Those conditions help perpetuate a level of preventable trauma and needless suffering that has no counterpart anywhere in the developed world. Compelling and accessible, drawing on a rich array of both classic and contemporary research, \u003ci\u003eA Peculiar Indifference\u003c\/i\u003e describes the dimensions and consequences of this enduring emergency, explains its causes, and offers an urgent plea for long-overdue social action to end it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElliott Currie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment in America\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and numerous other acclaimed works on crime and criminal justice. He is a professor of criminology, law, and society at the University of California, Irvine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768048517408,"sku":"9781250798497","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8b4430b7c28f323936fbcb51af31729b.webp?v=1780323482","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-peculiar-indifference-the-neglected-toll-of-violence-on-black-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}