Human targets : schools, police, and the criminalization of Latino youth / Victor M. Rios.

At fifteen, Victor Rios found himself a human target flat on his ass amid a hail of shotgun fire, desperate for money and a place on the street. Faced with the choice of escalating a drug turf war or eking out a living elsewhere, he turned to a teacher, who mentored him and helped him find a job at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rios, Victor M. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Juvenile delinquents > California > Social conditions.
Gang members > California > Social conditions.
Hispanic American youth > California > Social conditions.
Gang members > California > Attitudes.
Juvenile delinquents > California > Attitudes.
Hispanic American youth > California > Attitudes.
Police-community relations.
Intergroup relations.
Teacher-student relationships.
Interpersonal relations.
Gang members > Attitudes.
Gang members > Social conditions.
Hispanic American youth > Attitudes.
Hispanic American youth > Social conditions.
Juvenile delinquents > Attitudes.
Juvenile delinquents > Social conditions.
California.
Physical Description:viii, 211 pages
Format: Book

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