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Discrimination-Disparity Continuum

Jennifer L. Huck

In: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime

Discrimination-Disparity Continuum

Edited by: Helen Taylor Greene & Shaun L. Gabbidon

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n82

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Huck, J. (2009). Discrimination-disparity continuum. In H. T. Greene & S. L. Gabbidon (Eds.), Encyclopedia of race and crime (pp. 196-199). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd. doi: 10.4135/9781412971928.n82

Huck, Jennifer L. "Discrimination-Disparity Continuum." In Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, edited by Helen T. Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon, 196-199. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. doi: 10.4135/9781412971928.n82.

Huck, J 2009, 'Discrimination-disparity continuum', in Greene, HT & Gabbidon, SL (eds), Encyclopedia of race and crime, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 196-199, viewed 29 September 2016, doi: 10.4135/9781412971928.n82.

Huck, Jennifer L. "Discrimination-Disparity Continuum." Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Eds. Helen T. Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. 196-199. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 29 Sep. 2016.

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  • The discrimination-disparity continuum designates a typology of discrimination attributable to the criminal justice system. This continuum provides a means to determine the degree of discrimination in the processes, procedures, and outcomes of the criminal justice system through examination of the employees, institutions, and policies of the system. This entry identifies and defines key terms related to the discrimination-disparity continuum and describes the continuum in full. It also discusses various scholarly viewpoints regarding placement of the criminal justice system on the continuum, at the levels of systematic discrimination, institutionalized discrimination, contextual discrimination, and individual acts of discrimination.

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    Discrimination and disparity are topics actively addressed in criminology that are often misunderstood or misrepresented because of differences in terminology usage and operationalization. Before the discrimination-disparity ...

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