Cognella Academic Publishing More Than Race: Minority Issues in Criminal Justice

About the Author Howard Henderson is an associate professor and graduate program director in the administration of justice department at Texas Southern University. His research focuses on correctional program evaluations and risk needs assessment. Dr. Henderson's research has appeared in Race and Justice, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Criminal Justice and Behavior, and the Criminal Law Bulletin. Howard is also the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Criminal Justice and Law Review. He is currently examining psychometric bias among offender risk need assessment instruments. Product Description More Than Race: Minority Issues in Criminal Justice provides a unique opportunity for dialogue on the nature and extent of diversity in a 21st century criminal justice reality. With inclusions from a diverse collection of relevant scholars, this reader examines issues of diversity relative to human rights, race, class, gender, sexual-orientation, age, religion, and social control, as situated within the contemporary criminal justice system. Howard Henderson provides a comprehensive framework for discussions of diversity and criminal justice with the ultimate goal of providing readers with a realistic paradigm of situating minority issues within criminal justice. Howard Henderson is a professor and the founding director of the Center for Justice Research in the Administration of Justice Department at Texas Southern University. His research focuses on culturally responsive criminal justice research, program evaluations, and assessment instrument validations. Dr. Henderson's research has appeared in Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal of Criminal Justice, Race and Justice, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Criminal Law Bulletin, and the American Medical Association's Journal of Ethics. He is the former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Criminal Justice and Law Review.