The 14 essays in this volume examine: (1) The Current Status of African-American Scholars in the Field of Criminology and Criminal Justice; (2) Crime and Criminality Among Traditional and Christianized Igbo; (3) The Colonial Model as a Theoretical Explanation of Crime and Delinquency; (4) Blacks, Self-Esteem, and Delinquency; (5) The Politics of Disproportionality; (6) Fear of Crime Among Foreign Students in the United States; (7) Drugs and Violence in Gangs; (8) Black Female Delinquency; (9) African-American Female-Headed Households and Chronic Maladaptive Behavior by Juveniles; (10) Black Perspectives on Police Brutality; (11) African-American and Latino Prisoners' Responses to a Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS; (12) Arguments Against the Death Penalty; (13) Reducing the Involvement of African-American Males in the Criminal Justice System; and (14) Preventing Crime Through Economic Development of Urban Neighborhoods. References, figures, tables