Punished : policing the lives of Black and Latino boys /

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Victor Rios grew up in the ghetto of Oakland, California in the 1980s and 90s. A former gang member and juvenile delinquent, Rios managed to escape the bleak outcome of many of his friends and earned a PhD at Berkeley and returned to his hometown to study how inner city young Latino and African Amer...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rios, Victor M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2011]
Series:New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.
Subjects:
Punishment > California > Oakland.
African American boys > California > Oakland > Social conditions.
Hispanic American boys > California > Oakland > Social conditions.
Garçons noirs américains > Californie > Oakland > Conditions sociales.
Garçons américains d'origine latino-américaine > Californie > Oakland > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
African American boys > Social conditions.
Hispanic American boys > Social conditions.
Punishment.
California > Oakland.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Hypercriminalization. Dreams deferred: the patterns of punishment in Oakland ; The flatlands of Oakland and the youth control complex ; The labeling hype: coming of age in the era of mass incarceration ; The coupling of criminal justice and community institutions
  • Part 2. Consequences. "Dummy smart": misrecognition, acting out, and "going dumb" ; Proving manhood: masculinity as a rehabilitative tool ; Guilty by association: acting white or acting lawful?
  • Conclusion: toward a youth support complex
  • Appendix: beyond Jungle-Book tropes.

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