5 Fighting Crime: Politics and Prejudice in the City of Brotherly Love

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface 2019 xi
5. Introduction: The Mismeasure of Crime 1
6. 1 Saving the Nation: The Racial Data Revolution and the Negro Problem 15
7. 2 Writing Crime into Race: Racial Criminalization and the Dawn of Jim Crow 35
8. 3 Incriminating Culture: The Limits of Racial Liberalism in the Progressive Era 88
9. 4 Preventing Crime: White and Black Reformers in Philadelphia 146
10. 5 Fighting Crime: Politics and Prejudice in the City of Brotherly Love 192
11. 6 Policing Racism: Jim Crow Justice in the Urban North 226
12. Conclusion: The Conundrum of Criminality 269
13. Manuscript Sources 279
14. Notes 281
15. Acknowledgments 369
16. Index 375