Reviews
"This thoughtful and timely book adds to the reasonable discussion of race and exclusion in the world today. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."—Choice
Endorsements
"In Dangerous Spaces Professor Jones weaves together history and narrative, law, and social theory to expose the raw wound on democracy that racial profiling has become. Jones explores how thirty years after the drug war and over a decade after 9/11 we have created geographies of fear for blacks, Hispanics, and Muslims as well. We have militarized and racialized the policing of the urban ghetto. Meanwhile the border has ceased to be a physical place but a cultural and religious location. Jones shows how race and place are dangerously intertwined."—Kenneth B. Nunn, Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law
"In Dangerous Spaces Professor Jones takes the reader on an eye-opening journey into today's front lines of the criminal justice system convincingly demonstrating how the combination of race and place are intricately intertwined in law enforcement's use of racial profiling practices. No longer just about color, Professor Jones argues for blacks in the inner city, for Hispanics at the border, and for Muslims any place in the public sphere where national security concerns arise, that this new form of profiling compromises American democracy by making entire communities of color suspect. Insightful, provocative, and timely, Dangerous Spaces is a must-read for those concerned about justice and equality in 'post-racial' America."—Michael Higginbotham, Joseph Curtis Professor of Law
"Trial lawyers need to read this book. As always, Professor Donald Jones brings originality, daunting perspective, and a wise, careful touch to the perennial topic of race. For years, I have turned to Professor Jones. In my effort to understand and present racial sensitivities and issues in my courtroom presentations. I read and re-read his works constantly. Without his assistance, I could never have been so successful in humanizing minority clients whom the criminal justice system routinely devalues and objectifies."—Thomas A. Messerau, Trial Lawyer
"Dangerous Spaces is a rich, contextual exposition of the problem of racial profiling. Professor Jones sheds new light on the old problem of the operation of racial profiling by linking it with the places where it primarily happens. It is not just that someone is black, but they are black in the inner city where the sale of illegal drugs and violent crime occurs. It is not that someone is Muslim, but they are Muslim in airports where an act of terrorism occurs. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking an accurate understanding of how racial profiling truly functions."—Kevin Brown, Richard S. Melvin Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Emeritus Director of the Hudson & Holland Scholars Program, Indiana University
"One of our most acute observers of race and the war on crime in urban America turns his insight to the new frontiers of fear and social control in an America still at war with itself."—Professor Jonathan Simon, Adrian A. Kragen Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Center for the Study of Law & Society, UC Berkeley, School of Law