Behind bars : Latino/as and prison in the United States / edited by Suzanne Oboler.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Oboler, Suzanne
Language:English
Published: New York City, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Hispanic American prisoners > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:viii, 300 pages
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Vivir en el olvido : behind bars-Latino/as and prison in the United States / Suzanne Oboler
  • Latinas/os and US prisons : trends and challenges / José Luis Morín
  • Pursuant to deportation : Latinos and immigrant detention / David M. Hernández
  • 'Nuestras vidas corren casi paralelas' : chicanos, independentistas, and the prison rebellions in Leavenworth, 1969-1972 / Alan Eladio Gómez
  • The racial politics of youth crime / Victor M. Ríos
  • Latinas in U.S. juvenile detention : turning adversity to advantage / Laurie Schaffner
  • Lost votes, lost bodies, lost jobs : the effects of mass incarceration on Latino civic engagement / Juan Cartagena
  • Checkpoint in Montebello : inciting riots, up against the wall and earning the right to be on the street with signs that say, "retén" / Mercedes Castillo
  • The interpreter as a bridge : language issues in Chicago's Cook County jail / Laura E. Garcia
  • Interpreting after the largest ice raid in U.S. history : a personal account / Erik Camayd-Freixas
  • Waste is a terrible thing to mind / Dicxon Valderruten
  • Closing the gap : mentoring Latina students to reach out to incarcerated Latinas / Marcia Esparza
  • Latino visual culture behind bars : artistic inspiration and redemption within the bowels of despair / Victor A. Sorell
  • "I was armed with my dignity intact." An interview with Raúlrsalinas / Alan Eladio Gómez
  • Peltier I ; peltier II / Raúlrsalinas
  • "Estoy como cuero de jicotéa, que ni las balas me pasan" : an interview with Rafael Cancel Miranda / Gabriel Torres Rivera
  • La alegría de tener vergüenza / Rafael Cancel Miranda
  • Chicana(o)/Latina(o) prisoners : ethical and methodological considerations, collaborative research methods and case studies / Juanita Díaz-Cotto
  • Chicano convicts, human rights regimes and a new paradigm for prisoner rights activism today / B. V. Olguín.