U.S. Latinos and criminal injustice / Lupe S. Salinas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salinas, Lupe S., author.

Series:

Latinos in the United States series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Hispanic Americans.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Hispanic Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

United States.

Hispanic Americans--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 352 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

United States Latinos and criminal injustice

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2015]

Contents:

Part 1 The U.S. Latino and American Society

Chapter 1 History and Evolution of the U.S. Latino Population 3

Chapter 2 The Legally White, Socially Brown Latino 15

Chapter 3 Anti-Latino Hate Crimes 29

Chapter 4 Reactions to the Latino Threat 47

Part 2 Latinos and Law Enforcement

Chapter 5 Racial Profiling of U.S. Latinos by Local Police Officers 65

Chapter 6 Abuses Resulting from Federal Immigration Enforcement Efforts 87

Chapter 7 State and Local Police Deprivations of Latino Civil Rights 107

Part 3 Issues Pacing Latinos in the Courts

Chapter 8 Inequality in the Formation of Grand and Petit Juries 147

Chapter 9 The Rights of the Limited-English-Proficient Accused in the Criminal Courts 171

Chapter 10 Latino Victims of Denials of Due Process 195

Chapter 11 How Mass Incarceration Underdevelops Latino Communities, by Spearlt 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-336) and index.

ISBN:

1611861764

9781611861761

OCLC:

908990973