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1 online resource (xxiii, 418 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-391) and index. |
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Historically, most studies that have explored the experiences of criminal defendants in the American Criminal Justice system, whether it is in the area of policing, courts, or corrections, have focused almost exclusively on race. Hispanics have resided in the United States since 1598 and recently bypassed African Americans in the general population for the first time in history. In this context, this book will examine the Hispanic experience in the criminal justice system by exploring a series of crucial factors. Major topics include: Hispanics and the American police, policing the barrios, im. |
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HISPANICS IN THE U.S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; Chapter 1 ETHNIC CONSTRUCTIONS: THE MAKING OF THE UPCOMING MAJORITY, LATINAS AND LATINOS; Section One HISPANICS ANDTHE AMERICAN POLICE; Chapter 2 THE HISTORICAL DYNAMICS OF ETHNICITY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT; Chapter 3 POLICING THE BARRIOS:EXPOSING THE SHADOWS TO THE BRIGHTNESS OF A NEW DAY; Chapter 4 CRITICAL ISSUES FACING HISPANIC DEFENDANTS: FROM DETECTI ONTO ARREST; Chapter 5 IMMIGRATION LOCKDOWN:THE EXCLUSION OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS THROUGH. |
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Chapter 6 THE DYNAMICS OF ARRESTING LATINAS AND LATINOS: CURRENT BARRIERS AND PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE RESEARCHChapter 7 HISTORICAL FORCES GOVERNING HISPANIC CRIMINAL JUSTICE; Chapter 8 CRIMINALIZING MEXICAN IDENTITY:PRIVILEGE, POWER, AND IDENTITY FORMATION; Chapter 9 LATINOS AND FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTION AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURES; Chapter 10 A SEPARATE CLASS: THE EXCLUSION OF LATINOS FROM GRAND AND PETIT JURIES; Chapter 11 INDIGENT DEFENDANTS AND THE BARRIERS THEY FACE IN THE U.S. COURT SYSTEM; Section Three HISPANICS AND THE PENAL SYSTEM. |
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Chapter 13 CRITICAL ISSUES FACING HISPANIC PRISONERSChapter 14 PROBATION AND PAROLE: RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND GENDER DISPARITIES; Chapter 15 THE LEGACY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:EXECUTING LATINAS AND LATINOS; Chapter 16 LIFE AFTER PRISON: ETHNIC, RACIAL, AND GENDER REALITIES; Section Four THE CONTOURS OF GLOBALIZATION:A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MOVEMENT; Chapter 17 THE DYNAMICS OF EDUCATION AND GLOBALIZATION IN THENEW MILLENNIUM: THE UNSPOKEN REALITIES; Epilogue THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE FUTURE OF LATINOS AND LATINAS; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Hispanic Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Hispanic Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration. |
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United States. |
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Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions.
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Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions. |
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Urbina, Martin G. (Martin Guevara), 1972- Hispanics in the U.S. criminal justice system. Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas Publisher, ©2012 9780398088156 (DLC) 2012011278 (OCoLC)780398371 |
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9780398088170 (electronic book) |
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0398088179 (electronic book) |
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9780398088156 (hardcover) |
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9780398088163 (paperback) |
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0398088160 (paperback) |
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0398088152 (hardback) |
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