Race, gender, and crime: An intersectional application of Unnever and Gabbidon’s Theory of African American Offending

• In Event: Theoretical Perspectives in Critical Criminology

Abstract

Analyzing the National Survey of American Life (n=3570 Blacks), the proposed study is among the first to test core hypotheses of Unnever and Gabbidon’s Theory of African American offending. Central to the theoretical framework is the principal position that African American offending is associated with the degree to which they encounter racial injustices. This article diverges from previous discourse by not
only considering unexplored dimensions of discrimination and stratification (gender, class, and location), but also evaluating the impact of these factors on the predictive ability of the African American offending model. The significance of findings and policy implications are discussed therein.

Authors

• Whitney Bianca Threadcraft-Walker, Texas Southern University

• Melody Mitchell Threadcraft, Jarvis Christian College