Race, police, and the making of a political identity : Mexican Americans and the Los Angeles Police Department, 1900-1945 /

In June 1943, the city of Los Angeles was wrenched apart by the worst rioting it had seen to that point in the twentieth century. Incited by sensational newspaper stories and the growing public hysteria over allegations of widespread Mexican American juvenile crime, scores of American servicemen, jo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Escobar, Edward J., 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.
Subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.). > Police Department > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif. : Comté). > Police Dept > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Los Angeles (Calif.). > Police Department
1900-1999
Police > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Police-community relations > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Police > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Relations police-collectivité > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Mexican Americans
Police
Police-community relations
California > Los Angeles
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction Race and Criminal Justice
  • Beginnings 1900-1920
  • The LAPD and Mexican Workers, 1900-1920
  • The LAPD and the Revolutionaries
  • The LAPD and Mexican American Workers, 1920-1940
  • Theories and Statistics of Mexican Criminality
  • Police Misconduct and Community Protest
  • Crime Fighters and Zoot Suiters
  • Facts and Origins of the Zoot-Suit Hysteria
  • "More Sinned Against Than Sinning"
  • The Riots and Their Aftermath
  • A Statue to the Unknown Zooter
  • Conclusion

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