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1 Race & Just. 1 (2011)

handle is hein.journals/rcjstc1 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial Race and justice 1(1) 1-2 @c SAGE Publications 2011 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10. 1177/2153368710397128 http://raj.sagepub.com Shaun L. Gabbidon' SAGE Welcome to the first issue of Race and Justice: An International Journal. The development of the journal represents the culmination of the efforts of the members of the American Society of Criminology's Division on People of Color and Crime (DPCC) to create an intellectual outlet for issues pertaining to race and justice. As the inaugural editor, I have a few simple goals. First, I plan to publish high-quality scholarship. This will include a combination of articles and essays on emerging race and justice topics across the globe. In addition, I plan to make reviews of books on race and justice a substantive part of the journal. Second, I aim to keep the review time as short as possible. I want authors to feel as though they will get a thorough and fair review in a reasonable time period. I have already found that meeting this goal will be challenging, but I plan to continue to strive to keep the review times within reason (60 days). As part of the review process, I also plan to let authors know why their manuscript is being rejected and to provide constructive feedback to authors even when a manuscript is desk rejected. Finally, if I achieve the first three aforementioned goals, I anticipate that my fourth goal-to become the first choice for scholars interested in publishing on topics related to race and justice-will be achieved. In the spirit of these ambitious goals, I am excited to report that an enviable list of scholars had articles accepted for inclusion in this first issue. The first article is by longtime race and justice scholar Darnell Hawkins. Hawkins's reflective lead essay, Things Fall Apart: Revisiting Race and Ethnic Differences in Criminal Violence amidst a Crime Drop, examines the crime drop in the United States and how it reflects the inadequacies of the current theoretical offerings on race, ethnicity, and violent crime. Relying on the neglected colonial theory as the backdrop ofhis essay, in numerous ways, Hawkins persuasively argues for the utility of the perspective and why the theory should become a staple of criminologists interested in understanding race, ethnicity, and crime. The next article, The Joint Effects of Offender Race/Ethnicity and Gender on Substantial Assistance Departures in Federal Courts, by Cassia Spohn and Pauline Brennan examines how race, ethnicity, and gender matter in relation to substantial assistance departures in federal courts. While Spohn and Brennan found mixed support for their hypotheses, among their results, it Penn State Harrisburg, School of Public Affairs, Middletown, PA, USA Corresponding Author: Shaun L. Gabbidon, Penn State Harrisburg, School of Public Affairs, Middletown, PA 17057, USA Email: slg I 3@psu.edu

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