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Critical Race Theory

By: Tommy Curry
In: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
Edited by: Helen Taylor Greene & Shaun L. Gabbidon
Subject:Race, Ethnicity & Crime, Ethnic Studies
Keywords:crime; crime analysis; crime and race; Derrick Bell; people of color; race; racism

Despite the relatively recent appearance of critical race theory (CRT) in academia, it has become an indispensable perspective on race and racism in America. CRT launched what many race scholars now take as a commonsense view: the view that race, instead ...

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  Curry, T. (2009). Critical race theory. In H. T. Greene, & S. L. Gabbidon (Eds.), Encyclopedia of race and crime (pp. 167-169). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n68
  
  Curry, Tommy. "Critical Race Theory." In Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, edited by Greene, Helen Taylor., and Shaun L. Gabbidon, 167-69. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n68.
  
  Curry, T. 2009. Critical Race Theory. In: Helen T. Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon Editors, 2009. Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 167-169 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n68> [Accessed 14 Jun 2021].
  
  Curry, Tommy. "Critical Race Theory." Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Edited by Helen T. Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009, pp. 167-69. SAGE Knowledge. 14 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n68.
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