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Katheryn K. Russell is an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has a Ph.D. from the criminology department of the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences , American Bar Association, and the American Society of Criminology , the and the Russell was cited by the Supreme Court of the United States in Harris v. Alabama ( 1995) in regards to her 1994 article, The Constitutionality of Jury Override in Alabama Death Penalty Cases .
Russell has taught at the Alabama State University, American University School of Law , the City University of New York Law School , Howard University. She worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center as a legal intern.
Works
- THE COLOR OF CRIME: Racial Hoaxes, White Fear, Black Protectionism, Police Harassment and Other Macroaggressions ( 1998)
See also: Criminal Blackman MythThe term Criminal Blackman Myth was coined by Katheryn K. She states, "This is a stereotypical portrayal of black men as inherently more sinister, evil, and dangerous than their white counterparts. This myth results in frustration, crime, and alienation.
Russell, Katheryn K.
