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Encyclopedia > Coramae Richey Mann

Coramae Richey Mann is a professor emeritus of criminal justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago.


Mann has criticized the arguments of William Wilbanks, arguing that Wilbanks' reliance on quantitative and statistical data hides the reality of racism.


Quotes

  • "Black victims are sometimes reluctant to report victimization at the hands of whites."
  • "Statistics on specific crimes include false accusations against blacks."
  • "White victims tend to over report being victimized by black offenders because they often misperceive Hispanic and other minority offenders as black."

Writings

  • Unequal Justice: A Question of Color (1993)

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fatal females (review of women murderers and association with lesbianism) part of class, race, gender and crime ... (7805 words)
Mann uses over 45 tables and figures to present the findings of an exploratory study that describes ecological conditions, victim relationships, and the treatment of offenders by the justice system.
Mann finds the typical murder is committed in a residence belonging to the victim and/or perpetrator (1996:46).
Mann is to be commended for not perpetuating the invisibility of lesbians, but the discussion is problematic when the total number of cases is five -- especially without a strong caution that generalization is basically impossible.
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