Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv is Associate Director for the Center for Research on Men’s Health and a Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University, USA. He is a Sociologist studying the full range of health determinants for African American males by leveraging the strengths of science and faith communities.  Darnell F. Hawkins, PhD, JD is a Professor Emeritus of African-American Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Dr. Hawkins has edited four books on race, crime and delinquency, and has a new authored book examining the cultural diversity, ethnic spatial compression, and violence among African Americans.

• Introduction to Volume; Marino A. Bruce and Darnell F. HawkinsChapter 1. A Social Ecological Framework of Inmate Health: Implications for Black-White Health Disparities; Kathryn M. Nowotny Chapter 2. The Relationship Between Health, Cigarette Smoking and Criminal Justice Contact among African Americans; Pamela Valera, Robert Joseph Taylor, and Linda M. Chatters Chapter 3. The Sexual Health of African American and White Men: Does Former Incarceration Status Matter?; Loren Henderson Chapter 4. "Maybe it was something wrong with me": On the Psychiatric Pathologization of Black Men; Joanna Tegnerowicz Chapter 5. Suicide among Young African-American Males; Alex E. Crosby and Shane P. D. Jack Chapter 6. Life Under the Veil: Homicide in Black America Before, During, and After the Drop in US Crime; Christine Martin Chapter 7. Gendered Racism is a Key to Explaining and Addressing Police Involved Shootings of Unarmed Black Men in America; Jennifer A. Hartfield, Derek M. Griffith, and Marino A. Bruce Chapter 8. The Matter of Lives Underneath Black Male Skin: Using Theory and Media to Explore the Case of "Justifiable Homicides" for Black Males; Keon Gilbert, Rashawn Ray, Carson Byrd, Joseph Richardson, and Odis Johnson Chapter 9. Solidarity, Double Consciousness, and Collective Emotion Work: Understanding Negative Black Health Outcomes Resulting from Systematic Police Terror; Louwanda Evans and Charity Clay Chapter 10. Framing, Physicality, and Public Safety: A study of Michael Brown and Darren Wilson; Michael Oshiro and Pamela Valera

Sociologists explore the multifaceted dimensions of the varied disadvantages African American males face. Among their topics are the relationship between health, cigarette smoking, and criminal justice contact among African Americans; the sexual health of African American and white men: whether former incarceration status matters; life under the veil: homicide in black America before, during, and after the drop in US crime; the matter of lives underneath black male skin: using theory and media to explore the case of "justifiable homicides" for black males; and solidarity, double consciousness, and collective emotion work: understanding negative black health outcomes resulting from systematic police terror.

Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv is Associate Director for the Center for Research on Men’s Health and a Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University, USA. He is a Sociologist studying the full range of health determinants for African American males by leveraging the strengths of science and faith communities.  Darnell F. Hawkins, PhD, JD is a Professor Emeritus of African-American Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Dr. Hawkins has edited four books on race, crime and delinquency, and has a new authored book examining the cultural diversity, ethnic spatial compression, and violence among African Americans.

• Introduction to Volume; Marino A. Bruce and Darnell F. HawkinsChapter 1. A Social Ecological Framework of Inmate Health: Implications for Black-White Health Disparities; Kathryn M. Nowotny Chapter 2. The Relationship Between Health, Cigarette Smoking and Criminal Justice Contact among African Americans; Pamela Valera, Robert Joseph Taylor, and Linda M. Chatters Chapter 3. The Sexual Health of African American and White Men: Does Former Incarceration Status Matter?; Loren Henderson Chapter 4. "Maybe it was something wrong with me": On the Psychiatric Pathologization of Black Men; Joanna Tegnerowicz Chapter 5. Suicide among Young African-American Males; Alex E. Crosby and Shane P. D. Jack Chapter 6. Life Under the Veil: Homicide in Black America Before, During, and After the Drop in US Crime; Christine Martin Chapter 7. Gendered Racism is a Key to Explaining and Addressing Police Involved Shootings of Unarmed Black Men in America; Jennifer A. Hartfield, Derek M. Griffith, and Marino A. Bruce Chapter 8. The Matter of Lives Underneath Black Male Skin: Using Theory and Media to Explore the Case of "Justifiable Homicides" for Black Males; Keon Gilbert, Rashawn Ray, Carson Byrd, Joseph Richardson, and Odis Johnson Chapter 9. Solidarity, Double Consciousness, and Collective Emotion Work: Understanding Negative Black Health Outcomes Resulting from Systematic Police Terror; Louwanda Evans and Charity Clay Chapter 10. Framing, Physicality, and Public Safety: A study of Michael Brown and Darren Wilson; Michael Oshiro and Pamela Valera

Sociologists explore the multifaceted dimensions of the varied disadvantages African American males face. Among their topics are the relationship between health, cigarette smoking, and criminal justice contact among African Americans; the sexual health of African American and white men: whether former incarceration status matters; life under the veil: homicide in black America before, during, and after the drop in US crime; the matter of lives underneath black male skin: using theory and media to explore the case of "justifiable homicides" for black males; and solidarity, double consciousness, and collective emotion work: understanding negative black health outcomes resulting from systematic police terror.

Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv is Associate Director for the Center for Research on Men’s Health and a Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University, USA. He is a Sociologist studying the full range of health determinants for African American males by leveraging the strengths of science and faith communities.  Darnell F. Hawkins, PhD, JD is a Professor Emeritus of African-American Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Dr. Hawkins has edited four books on race, crime and delinquency, and has a new authored book examining the cultural diversity, ethnic spatial compression, and violence among African Americans.

• Introduction to Volume; Marino A. Bruce and Darnell F. HawkinsChapter 1. A Social Ecological Framework of Inmate Health: Implications for Black-White Health Disparities; Kathryn M. Nowotny Chapter 2. The Relationship Between Health, Cigarette Smoking and Criminal Justice Contact among African Americans; Pamela Valera, Robert Joseph Taylor, and Linda M. Chatters Chapter 3. The Sexual Health of African American and White Men: Does Former Incarceration Status Matter?; Loren Henderson Chapter 4. "Maybe it was something wrong with me": On the Psychiatric Pathologization of Black Men; Joanna Tegnerowicz Chapter 5. Suicide among Young African-American Males; Alex E. Crosby and Shane P. D. Jack Chapter 6. Life Under the Veil: Homicide in Black America Before, During, and After the Drop in US Crime; Christine Martin Chapter 7. Gendered Racism is a Key to Explaining and Addressing Police Involved Shootings of Unarmed Black Men in America; Jennifer A. Hartfield, Derek M. Griffith, and Marino A. Bruce Chapter 8. The Matter of Lives Underneath Black Male Skin: Using Theory and Media to Explore the Case of "Justifiable Homicides" for Black Males; Keon Gilbert, Rashawn Ray, Carson Byrd, Joseph Richardson, and Odis Johnson Chapter 9. Solidarity, Double Consciousness, and Collective Emotion Work: Understanding Negative Black Health Outcomes Resulting from Systematic Police Terror; Louwanda Evans and Charity Clay Chapter 10. Framing, Physicality, and Public Safety: A study of Michael Brown and Darren Wilson; Michael Oshiro and Pamela Valera

Sociologists explore the multifaceted dimensions of the varied disadvantages African American males face. Among their topics are the relationship between health, cigarette smoking, and criminal justice contact among African Americans; the sexual health of African American and white men: whether former incarceration status matters; life under the veil: homicide in black America before, during, and after the drop in US crime; the matter of lives underneath black male skin: using theory and media to explore the case of "justifiable homicides" for black males; and solidarity, double consciousness, and collective emotion work: understanding negative black health outcomes resulting from systematic police terror.