Gratuitous Angst in White America: A Theory of Whiteness and Crime [Hardcover]

Gratuitous Angst in White America?presents a new criminological theory that explains the racialized experiences of white people.?The book?is essential for those seeking a more complete understanding of the associations between race and crime and those who want to remedy those disparities.?

Introduction: Removing the Cloak of Whiteness 1 Over a Decade of Turmoil Within a History of Strife 2 Status Dissonance and White American Offending 3 Habitus Angst and White American Offending 4 Aggrieved Entitlement and White American Offending 5 The Protection of Privilege and White Americans Criminal Legal Entanglement 6 A New Racialized Theory of Whiteness and Crime 7 Uneven Intersections 8 Making the Invisible Visible

Deena A. Isom is an Associate Professor of African American Studies and Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina. Her research aims to bring marginalized voices and lived experiences center to the understandings of the causes and consequences of negative and harmful behaviors and entanglement with the criminal legal system through the advancement of criminological theory, critical perspectives, and intersectional methodologies. Her work has appeared in numerous outlets such as the Race and Justice, Feminist Criminology, Critical Sociology, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Social Science & Medicine, and Youth & Society. She is a University of South Carolina McCausland Fellow and Garnet Apple Award recipient as well as an Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Minorities and Women Sections Becky Tatum Excellence in Scholarship Awardee.

At the right time, Isoms work delivers a rich socio-historic critique of the political shifts that we are witnessing today. Gratuitous Angst in White America is relevant, unapologetically brave, histl3/