Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice : Voices from el Barrio.
Díaz-Cotto, Juanita.
Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice : Voices from el Barrio. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (360 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Preface. Interviewing Chicana Pintas -- Introduction -- PART I. PRE-INCARCERATION EXPERIENCES -- Chapter 1. Latinas/os and the War on Drugs -- Chapter 2. Families and Early Experiences of Abuse -- Chapter 3. Youth Arrests and Placements -- Chapter 4. Barrios and Gangs -- Chapter 5. Addiction -- Chapter 6. Staying Alive: Hustling and Other Jobs -- Chapter 7. Adult Arrests -- Chapter 8. Police Harassment and Brutality -- Chapter 9. Courts and Consequences -- PART II. SYBIL BRAND INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN AND BEYOND -- Chapter 10. Sybil Brand Institute for Women: The Institutional Setting -- Chapter 11. The Keepers: Regime and Rule Enforcement -- Chapter 12. Programs and Services -- Chapter 13. Jailhouse Economy -- Chapter 14. Living Together Prisoner Alliances and Hostilities -- Chapter 15. Gender, Sexuality, and Family Kinship Networks -- Chapter 16. Outside Looking In Third Parties -- Chapter 17. Prisoner Complaints and Resistance -- Chapter 18. Picking Up the Pieces -- Chapter 19. Concluding Remarks and Reflections -- Appendix A. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Chicana Pintas Interviewed -- Appendix B. Most Frequent Offenses Leading to Arrest -- Notes -- Reference List -- About the Author.
No detailed description available for "Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice".
9781477305959
Women prisoners--California.
Female offenders--California.
Mexican American women--California--Biography.
Mexican American women--California--Social conditions.
Electronic books.
HV9305.C2 D53 2006
365/.43092368720794
Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice : Voices from el Barrio. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (360 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Preface. Interviewing Chicana Pintas -- Introduction -- PART I. PRE-INCARCERATION EXPERIENCES -- Chapter 1. Latinas/os and the War on Drugs -- Chapter 2. Families and Early Experiences of Abuse -- Chapter 3. Youth Arrests and Placements -- Chapter 4. Barrios and Gangs -- Chapter 5. Addiction -- Chapter 6. Staying Alive: Hustling and Other Jobs -- Chapter 7. Adult Arrests -- Chapter 8. Police Harassment and Brutality -- Chapter 9. Courts and Consequences -- PART II. SYBIL BRAND INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN AND BEYOND -- Chapter 10. Sybil Brand Institute for Women: The Institutional Setting -- Chapter 11. The Keepers: Regime and Rule Enforcement -- Chapter 12. Programs and Services -- Chapter 13. Jailhouse Economy -- Chapter 14. Living Together Prisoner Alliances and Hostilities -- Chapter 15. Gender, Sexuality, and Family Kinship Networks -- Chapter 16. Outside Looking In Third Parties -- Chapter 17. Prisoner Complaints and Resistance -- Chapter 18. Picking Up the Pieces -- Chapter 19. Concluding Remarks and Reflections -- Appendix A. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Chicana Pintas Interviewed -- Appendix B. Most Frequent Offenses Leading to Arrest -- Notes -- Reference List -- About the Author.
No detailed description available for "Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice".
9781477305959
Women prisoners--California.
Female offenders--California.
Mexican American women--California--Biography.
Mexican American women--California--Social conditions.
Electronic books.
HV9305.C2 D53 2006
365/.43092368720794