- List of Illustrations*
- Preface, 2019
- Introduction: The Mismeasure of Crime
- 1. Saving the Nation: The Racial Data Revolution and the Negro Problem
- 2. Writing Crime into Race: Racial Criminalization and the Dawn of Jim Crow
- 3. Incriminating Culture: The Limits of Racial Liberalism in the Progressive Era
- 4. Preventing Crime: White and Black Reformers in Philadelphia
- 5. Fighting Crime: Politics and Prejudice in the City of Brotherly Love
- 6. Policing Racism: Jim Crow Justice in the Urban North
- Conclusion: The Conundrum of Criminality
- Manuscript Sources
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- * Illustrations
- “A Downtown ‘Morgue,’” c. 1890
- “How Criminals Are Made,” c. 1907
- “American Logic,” c. 1913
- Youth of the Friends Neighborhood Guild, c. 1901
- “The Washington Party,” c. 1901
- Staged Charity Photo of Black Children as Pickaninnies, c. 1905
- Handbill of the Joint Organization of the AEIO and LCPR, c. 1909
- Pledge Card of the Association for Equalizing Industrial Opportunities, c. 1909
- Adella Bond Defends Herself in Philadelphia Race Riot, c. 1918
- Stoned to Death by a White Mob during the Chicago Race Riot, c. 1919
- Police Search African Americans for Weapons during the Chicago Race Riot, c. 1919
- “Puzzle: Find the ‘Keepers of the Peace,’” c. 1928
- “Be First to Let Him Out,” c. 1929