Hispanics in the U.S. criminal justice system /

"This updated and expanded new edition resumes the theme of the first edition, and the findings reveal that race, ethnicity, gender, class, and several other variables continue to play a significant and consequential role in the legal decision-making process. The book is structured into three s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Urbina, Martin G. (Martin Guevara), 1972- (Autor), Álvarez, Sofia Espinoza (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Springfield, Illinois : Charles C. Thomas, Ltd., 2018.
Edición:Second edition.
Temas:
Hispanic Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Hispanic Americans > Social conditions.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine latino-américaine > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Latino condition in the age of mass incarceration: ethnicity, diversity, change, and social control / Martin Guevara Urbina and Sofía Espinosa Álvarez
  • Section one. Hispanics and the American police. The historical dynamics of ethnicity in law enforcement / Charles Crawford
  • Policing the barrios : Latinos and the American police over the years / Robert J. Durán
  • Critical issues facing Hispanic defendants : from detection to arrest / Mary Romero and Gabriella Sánchez
  • Immigration lockdown : the exclusion of Mexican immigrants through legislation / Carlos E. Posadas and Christina Ann Medina
  • Section two. Hispanics and the judicial system. Latino police officers : policy, practice, and structural hierarchies / Claudio G. Vera Sánchez
  • Historical and contemporary forces governing Hispanic criminal (in)justice / David V. Baker
  • Criminalizing Mexican identity : privilege, power, and identity formation over time / Adalberto Aguirre, Jr.
  • Latinos and Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizures / Alfredo Mirandé
  • A separate class : the exclusion of Latinos from grand and petit juries / Alfredo Mirandé
  • Indigent defendants and the barriers they face in the U.S. court system / Martin Guevara Urbina
  • Section three. Hispanics and the penal system. Latinos and the U.S. criminal justice system : the road to prison / Sofía Espinoza Álvarez
  • Hispanic prisoners : ethnic realities of life behind bars / Rick Ruddell and Natalie R. Ortiz
  • Probation and parole : captivity beyond prisons / Kathryn D. Morgan
  • The legacy of capital punishment : executing Mexicans and other Latinos / Ilse Aglaé Pen̋a and Martin Guevara Urbina
  • Life after prison : recommendations for overcoming legal barriers, community reentry, and steps for making it outside / Sofía Espinoza Álvarez and Martin Guevara Urbina
  • Section four. Latinos, globalization, and social control. The new frontier : globalization, Latinos, and criminal justice / Martin Guevara Urbina and Sofía Espinoza Álvarez
  • The future of Latinos and the U.S. criminal justice system / Sofía Espinoza Álvarez and Martin Guevara Urbina.

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