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U.S. Latinos and criminal injustice / Lupe S. Salinas.
LIBRA KF4757.5.L38 S35 2015
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- 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
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