ABSTRACT
A review of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois's potential remedies for addressing crime in the African American community suggest that they have stood the test of time and still remain applicable. As a student in Berlin in the latter part of the 19th century, Du Bois engaged the minds of the leading scholars of the period. On the issue of crime, Du Bois presented numerous social policy suggestions. The state of African American involvement has improved in some respects; African Americans remain over-represented throughout the criminal justice system. Du Bois was also adamant about not protecting African American criminals. As for African Americans employed as criminal justice professionals, Du Bois would have been pleased with the appreciable number of African Americans now employed as criminal justice professionals the adherence to police culture would dictate the behavior of African American officers more so than race solidarity.
