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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salinas, Lupe S., author.

Series:

Latinos in the United States series.

Latinos in the United States series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Hispanic Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

Hispanic Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Latinos in the United States encompass a broad range of racial, socioeconomic, and sociopolitical identities. Originating from the Caribbean, Spain, Central and South America, and Mexico, they have unique justice concerns. The ethnic group includes U.S. citizens, authorized resident aliens, and undocumented aliens, a group that has been a constant partner in the Latino legal landscape for over a century. This book addresses the development and rapid growth of the Latino population in the United States and how race-based discrimination, hate crimes, and other prejudicial attitudes, some of whi

Contents:

Contents; Latinos and America's Criminal Justice Systems, by Rubén O. Martinez; Foreword, by Adalberto Aguirre Jr; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1. The U.S. Latino and American Society; Chapter 1. History and Evolution of the U.S. Latino Population; Chapter 2. The Legally White, Socially Brown Latino; Chapter 3. Anti-Latino Hate Crimes; Chapter 4. Reactions to the Latino Threat; Part 2. Latinos and Law Enforcement; Chapter 5. Racial Profiling of U.S. Latinos by Local Police Officers; Chapter 6. Abuses Resulting from Federal Immigration Enforcement Efforts

Chapter 7. State and Local Police Deprivations of Latino Civil RightsPart 3. Issues Facing Latinos in the Courts; Chapter 8. Inequality in the Formation of Grand and Petit Juries; Chapter 9. The Rights of the Limited-English-Proficient Accused in the Criminal Courts; Chapter 10. Latino Victims of Denials of Due Process; Chapter 11. How Mass Incarceration Underdevelops Latino Communities, by SpearIt; Conclusion; Appendix. List of Cases, Constitutions, Treaties, Statutes, and Regulations; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 3, 2015).

ISBN:

1-62895-235-0

1-60917-463-1

OCLC:

919012886