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black criminology  

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  • Katheryn K. Russell-Brown coined the term Black criminology in a seminal 1992 article that appeared in Justice Quarterly. Black criminology entails the development of an integrated theoretical construction and an empirical research analysis that focus on race as an essential variable in the study of crime committed by Blacks. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Black Criminology]

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