Frankie Y Bailey

Wicked Albany:: Lawlessness & Liquor in the Prohibition Era Frankie Y Bailey

Description for Sales People: 1. Authors are both respected authorities on criminal justice and sociology within the community. 2. Alice P. Green is a nationally renowned community activist and sociologist. 3. The book was researched using County Hall Records and Police Dept. Records, as well as the archives of the local Times Union. 4. Only book currently on the market that specifically focuses on the criminal activity of Albany during the Prohibition. 5. Also examines the social impact the criminal activity had on the area and draws parallels to modern day issues.

Contributor Bio:  Bailey, Frankie Y Frankie Y. Bailey is an associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany (SUNY). Her area of research is crime and culture, focusing on two areas: crime history, and crime and mass media/popular culture. She is the author of the Edgar-nominated OUT OF THE WOODPILE: BLACK CHARACTERS IN CRIME AND DETECTIVE FICTION (Greenwood, 1991). She is the co-editor (with Donna C. Hale) of POPULAR CULTURE, CRIME, AND JUSTICE (Wadsworth, 1998). She is the co-author (with Alice P. Green) of ALAW NEVER HERE: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RESPONSES TO ISSUES OF CRIME AND JUSTICE (Praeger, 1999). She is the co-editor with Steven Chermak and Michelle Brown of MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF SEPTEMBER 11 (Praeger, 2003). She and Donna C. Hale are the co-authors of book, BLOOD ON HER HANDS: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF WOMEN, SEXUALITY, AND MURDER (Thomson, 2004). As a mystery writer, Bailey is the author of DEATH=S FAVORITE CHILD (Silver Dagger, 2000), A DEAD MAN=S HONOR (Silver Dagger, 2001), and OLD MURDERS (Silver Dagger, 2003), featuring Southern criminal justice professor/crime historian Lizzie Stuart. Her most recent publication is a short story in the mystery anthology, Shades of Black (2004), edited by Eleanor Taylor Bland. Contributor Bio:  Green, Alice P Dr. Alice P. Green is known for her work as a criminal justice activist in New York State. Dr. Green is currently the executive director of The Center for Law and Justice. She served as legislative director for the New York Civil Liberties Union before being appointed to the Citizens Policy and Complaint Review Council of the New York State Commission on Corrections in 1985 and then to the position of deputy commissioner for the New York State Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives. From 1975 through 1979, Dr. Green served as the executive director of Trinity Institution, a youth and family services center in Albany's South End neighborhood. Dr. Green currently lives with her husband, Charles Touhey, in Albany.