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Human targets schools, police, and the criminalization of Latino youth

At fifteen, Victor Rios found himself a human target flat on his ass amid a hail of shotgun fire, desperate for money and a place on the street. Faced with the choice of escalating a drug turf war or eking out a living elsewhere, he turned to a teacher, who mentored him and helped him find a job at...

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Main Author: Rios, Victor M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press [2017]
Subjects:
Gang members > California > Attitudes
Gang members > California > Social conditions
Hispanic American youth > California > Attitudes
Hispanic American youth > California > Social conditions
Intergroup relations
Interpersonal relations
Juvenile delinquents > California > Attitudes
Juvenile delinquents > California > Social conditions
Police-community relations
Teacher-student relationships
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / James Diego Vigil
  • Introduction
  • The probation school
  • The liquor store and the police
  • Cultural misframing
  • Multiple manhoods
  • The mano suave and mano dura of stop and frisk
  • Immigrant targets
  • Conclusion: from culture of control to culture of care: policy and program implications
  • Methodological appendix

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