Traqina Quarks Emeka

Contributor

BIOGRAPHY

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Houston. Her contributions to SAGE Publications’s Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (2009) formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.

Primary Contributions (1)

Crowds fill 12th Street in Detroit during the 1967 race riot, with people running, debris on the road, and storefront signs visible along both sides of the street.

Detroit Riot of 1967

Detroit Riot of 1967, series of violent confrontations between residents of predominantly African American neighbourhoods of Detroit and the city’s police department that began on July 23, 1967, and lasted five days. The riot resulted in the deaths of 43 people, including 33 African Americans and…

Publications (1)

Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (April 2009)

By Helen Taylor Greene, Shaun L. Gabbidon

"The organization of the reader's guide—especially the groupings of landmark cases, race riots, and criminology theories—is impressive ... Other related titles lack the breadth, detail, and accessibility of this work ... Recommended for all libraries; essential for comprehensive social studies collections."
—Library Journal

As seen almost daily on local and national news, race historically and presently figures prominently in crime and justice reporting within the...

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