Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law

American ethnic and racial minority groups, immigrants, and refugees to this country are disparately impacted by the justice system of the United States. Issues such as racial profiling, disproportionate incarceration, deportation, and capital punishment all exemplify situations in which the legal system must attend to matters of race and culture in a competent and humane fashion.

Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law is the only book to provide summaries and analyses of culturally competent psychological and social services encountered within the U.S. legal arena. The book is broad in scope and covers the knowledge and practice crucial in providing comprehensive services to ethnic, racial, and cultural minorities. Topics include the importance of race relations, psychological testing and evaluation, racial "profiling," disparities in death penalty conviction, immigration and domestic violence, asylum seekers, deportations and civil rights, juvenile justice, cross-cultural lawyering, and cultural competency in the administration of justice.

Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law offers a compendium of knowledge, historical background, case examples, guidelines, and practice standards pertinent to professionals in the fields of psychology and law to help them recognize the importance of racial and cultural contexts of their clients. Editors Kimberly Barrett and William H. George have drawn together contributing authors from a variety of academic disciplines including law, psychology, sociology, social work, and family studies to illustrate the delivery of psychological, legal, and social services to individuals and families-from racial minority, ethnic minority, immigrant, and refugee groups-who are involved in legal proceedings.

Part I - Forward - Stan Sue and Ron Mamiya Part II - II. The Need for Cross-Cultural Competence in Psychology and the Law: Introduction & Overview - Kimberly Holt Barrett and William H. George Part III - III. Race and Justice Chapter 1. Psychology, Justice, and Diversity: Five Challenges for Culturally Competent Professionals - Kimberly Holt Barrett and William H. George Chapter 2. Case Examples: Addressing Racism, Discrimination, and Cultural Bias in the Interface of Psychology and Law - Kimberly Holt Barrett Chapter 3. Judicial Colorblindness, Race Neutrality, and Modern Racism: How Psychologists Can Help the Courts Understand Race Matters - Kimberly Holt Barrett and William H. George Chapter 4. Five Habits for Cross Cultural Lawyering - Susan Bryant and Jean Koh Peters Chapter 5. Race, Community, and Criminal Justice - Anthony V. Alfieri Chapter 6. Trials and Tribulations of African Americans in the Courtroom: Refuting the Myths - Rudolph Alexander, Jr. Chapter 7. Working With African American Children and Families in the Child Welfare System - Marian S. Harris and Ada Skyles Part IV. Assessment Chapter 8. Guidelines and Suggestions for Conducting Successful Cross Cultural Evaluations for the Courts - Kimberly Holt Barrett Chapter 9. The Consequences of Racial and Ethnic Origins Harassment in the Workplace: Conceptualization and Assessment - Maria P. P. Root Chapter 10. Cross-Cultural Forensic Neuropsychological Assessment - Tedd Judd and Breean Beggs Chapter 11. Working with Interpreters - Rachel Tribe Chapter 12. Assessment of Asylum Seekers - Debra Freed Chapter 13. Evaluating Child Abuse in Children Who Seek Asylum: Four Cases Studies - Ellen G. Kelman Part V. Immigration Chapter 14. Enhancing the Well Being of Asylum Seekers & Refugees - Angela Burnett and Kate Thompson Chapter 15. The Challenges and Potential Solutions to the Trafficking of Women and Children: An Overview - Sutapa Basu Chapter 16. From Refugee to Deportee: How U.S. Immigration Law Failed the Cambodian Community - Jay Stansel and Dori Cahn Part VI. Working with Children and Families Chapter 17. Asian American/Pacific Islander Families in Conflict - David Sue Chapter 18. The Challenge of Cultural Competence: Working with American Muslims and their Families - Bahira Sherif-Trask Chapter 19. Unaccompanied Children in the US: Legal & Psychological Considerations - Dana Chou Chapter 20. American Indian Families: Resilience in the Face a Legal, Economic, and Cultural Assault - Walter Kawamoto and Tamara Cheshire Part VII. Juveniles Chapter 21. Race Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System - Eileen Poe-Yamagata and Madeline Wordes Noya, Ph.D. Chapter 22. A Cultural Approach for Promoting Resilience among Adjudicated Mexican American Youth - Felipe Gonzalez Castro Chapter 23. Law And Social Identity And Its Effects On American Indian And Alaska Native Youth - Joseph E. Trimble and Robin A. Ladue Chapter 24. The Impact of the Juvenile Prison on Fathers - Anne Nurse Part VIII. Violence Chapter 25. Immigrant Women & Domestic Violence - Jeanette Zanipatin, Stacy Shaw, Patty Bardina, and Jean Yi Chapter 26. Race and Sexual Offending: An Overview - Jennifer Wheeler and William H. George Chapter 27. Culturally Competent Approaches to the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Abusers - Rachel E. Goldsmith, Gordon N. Hall, Jennifer Wheeler and William H. George Chapter 28. Advocacy in the Legal System: Cultural Complexities - Kari A. Stephens, Sandra Ibarra, and Kim Moore Chapter 29. Immigration and Hardship: Living With Fear - Sonia Carbonell