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Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law (Hardcover)
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"In a diverse democracy, law must be open to all. All too often,
however, our system of justice has failed to live up to our shared
ideals, because it excludes individuals and communities even as
they seek to use it or find themselves caught up in it. The
research presented here offers hope. The abstract doctrines of the
law are presented through real cases. Judges, lawyers, scholars,
and concerned citizens will find much in these pages documenting
the need for reform, along with the means for achieving our
aspirations. The issues presented by race, ethnicity, and cultural
differences are obviously central to the resolution of disputes in
a nation made up of people who have in common only their faith in
the great experiment of the United States Constitution. Here the
challenges are met in an original, accessible, and thoughtful
manner." -Frank H. Wu, Howard University, and author of Yellow:
Race in America Beyond Black and White "Kim Barrett and William
George have taken on an enormous task, which is matched only by its
timeliness. Cultural competence and cultural diversity pass off our
lips as eternally valued ideals, but Barrett and George have
brought a critical and edifying eye to thee ideas. Racism is
similarly easy to acknowledge but difficult to account for in the
everyday lives of ordinary people of color. What we discover in
this impressive volume is not only that race and culture matter,
but how they matter in the minds of people who are clients and the
minds of people who attempt to serve them and in the courts of law
that attempt to mete out justice. Race, Culture Psychology and the
Law is essential reading for anyone with a professional or personal
interest in social justice and psychological well-being." -James M.
Jones, Ph.D., Director, Minority Fellowship Program, American
Psychological Association "This is an extraordinary and daring
compilation of cutting edge commentaries that should prove
invaluable to students, scholars, and practitioners working in
social work, clinical and forensic psychology, juvenile justice,
immigration adjustment, Native American advocacy, and child and
adult abuse. It is a quality text that tackles key topics bridged
by psychology and the law with clarity, succinctness, complexity,
and evenhandedness." -William E. Cross, Jr., Ph.D., Graduate
Center, City University of New York American ethnic and racial
minority groups, immigrants, and refugees to this country are
disparately impacted by the justice system of the United States.
Issues such as racial profiling, disproportionate incarceration,
deportation, and capital punishment all exemplify situations in
which the legal system must attend to matters of race and culture
in a competent and humane fashion. Race, Culture, Psychology, and
Law is the only book to provide summaries and analyses of
culturally competent psychological and social services encountered
within the U.S. legal arena. The book is broad in scope and covers
the knowledge and practice crucial in providing comprehensive
services to ethnic, racial, and cultural minorities. Topics include
the importance of race relations, psychological testing and
evaluation, racial "profiling," disparities in death penalty
conviction, immigration and domestic violence, asylum seekers,
deportations and civil rights, juvenile justice, cross-cultural
lawyering, and cultural competency in the administration of
justice. Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law offers a compendium of
knowledge, historical background, case examples, guidelines, and
practice standards pertinent to professionals in the fields of
psychology and law to help them recognize the importance of racial
and cultural contexts of their clients. Editors Kimberly Holt
Barrett and William H. George have drawn together contributing
authors from a variety of academic disciplines including law,
psychology, sociology, social work, and family studies. These
contributors illustrate the delivery of psychological, legal, and
social services to individuals and families-from racial minority,
ethnic minority, immigrant, and refugee groups-who are involved in
legal proceedings. Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law is a unique
and timely text for undergraduate and graduate students studying
psychology and law. The book is also a vital resource for a variety
of professionals such as clinical psychologists, forensic
psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, social workers, and
attorneys dealing with new immigrants and people from various
ethnic communities.
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