From W.E.B. Dubois through Lee Brown this anthology provides a collection of the key articles in criminology and criminal justice written by black scholars. Available in a single volume for the first time the articles collected in this book reflect the voices of African-American scholars and display the diversity of perspectives sought after in today′s academic community. Crime in the African-American community is examined from social economic and political perspectives and the historical context of each article is provided by the editors. Spanning the 20th century these works present a historical chronology of African-American views on crime and its control with theoretical perspectives that have often been tangential to mainstream scholarship.