Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice : : Voices from El Barrio / / Juanita Díaz-Cotto.
This first comprehensive study of Chicanas encountering the U.S. criminal justice system is set within the context of the international war on drugs as witnessed at street level in Chicana/o barrios. Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice uses oral history to chronicle the lives of twenty-four Chicana p...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Acknowledgments
- Preface. Interviewing Chicana Pintas
- Introduction
- Part I: Pre-incarceration Experiences
- 1. Latinas/os and the War on Drugs
- 2. Families and Early Experiences of Abuse
- 3. Youth Arrests and Placements
- 4. Barrios and Gangs
- 5. Addiction
- 6. Staying Alive: Hustling and Other Jobs
- 7. Adult Arrests
- 8. Police Harassment and Brutality
- 9. Courts and Consequences
- Part II: Sybil Brand Institute for Women and Beyond
- 10. Sybil Brand Institute for Women: The Institutional Setting
- 11. The Keepers: Regime and Rule Enforcement
- 12. Programs and Services
- 13. Jailhouse Economy
- 14. Living Together: Prisoner Alliances and Hostilities
- 15. Gender, Sexuality, and Family Kinship Networks
- 16. Outside Looking In: Third Parties
- 17. Prisoner Complaints and Resistance
- 18. Picking Up the Pieces
- 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